Worlds of the Aether worldsoftheaether_wiki https://worldsoftheaether.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.35.13 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Worlds of the Aether Worlds of the Aether talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Module Module talk Gadget Gadget talk Gadget definition Gadget definition talk 0 1 1 2016-01-06T20:38:36Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "'''Worlds of the Aether''' is a planetary romance setting, meaning it uses fantasy devices such as magic and gods to explore realms usually associated with science-fiction, su..." wikitext text/x-wiki '''Worlds of the Aether''' is a planetary romance setting, meaning it uses fantasy devices such as magic and gods to explore realms usually associated with science-fiction, such as aliens, other planets and space travel. In [[the Aether]], you will see ships that look like traditional sea-going vessels take off from the surface and fly through the outer space, protected by magical devices or the innate power of spellcasters on board. Utilizing powerful magic, many races have spread across [[the Galaxy]]. Here you will find the familiar creatures such as [[dwarves]], [[gnomes]] and [[goblins]] along with more exotic aliens. You will encounter an [[Strahdholdt Domains|alliance of worlds ruled by vampires]] fighting a [[Osh'wari Legions|totalitarian cyborg dystopia]]. You will encounter [[Irden Reichs|imperialistic dwarves]] who think they figured out where every race belongs in the universe. You will find ruins of a long-dead [[Deathlords of Xa'tac|undead empire]] whose half-dead gods are threatening to come back once again. In the recesses of [[the Aether]], an otherworldly realm that transcends all of reality and doesn't obey its laws of physics, you will find everything from [[spirits]] of dead aether-sailors, to [[Elder Things|eldritch abominations]], to angels and demons. And you cannot avoid it - the Aether is the only known way to surpass certain pesky laws of physics such as speed of light, allowing the flourishing of galactic civilization. ''Worlds of the Aether'' is a crazy setting where almost everything is possible and every planet is brimming with possibilities, from elementals, to elves, to demons, to aliens. The setting is heavily inspired by Warcraft and Spelljammer, having its origin as roleplaying background for visiting other, uncharted worlds in the Warcraft setting and adapting a lot of Spelljammer material. Now separated officially from both, it nevertheless shows its homage to the crazy awesome settings that spawned it. d9cdf75839c59b13a8acec4c3098dac837d60966 0 2 2 2016-01-06T20:44:54Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "The '''Aether''' is a [[coterminous]] [[plane]] of existence which can be accessed everywhere in the known universe. Like all coterminous planes, it underlines the entire univ..." wikitext text/x-wiki The '''Aether''' is a [[coterminous]] [[plane]] of existence which can be accessed everywhere in the known universe. Like all coterminous planes, it underlines the entire universe, but laws of physics within it are different and can therefore be used to certain beneficial ends. Despite every point in the Aether being connected to a correspondent point in the [[material plane]], the distances between those points are much, much shorter, greatly shortening travel times between worlds, which would otherwise take thousands if not millions of years. Civilization in [[the Galaxy]] have used this particular property of the Aether to their advantage since time immemorial, from the [[Titans]] to every modern day star-spanning empire. The Aether is filled with a thick, misty substance also called [[aether (substance)|aether]]. It has unique properties, conducing great amounts of energy at little risk and effort. Although it cannot be maintained in its natural state in the material plane, always dissipating into seemingly nothing, accessing the Aether to process aether into a powerful energy source was another staple of galactic technology. Despite its volatility, a few ancient cultures have been known to process aether into a stable form that maintains its cohesiveness in the material plane, known as [[astral diamonds]]. Only [[Titans]], [[akashics]] and [[Yellowstone Progenitors]] are known to be able to produce astral diamonds, with only akashics still extant in the present day, although not sharing their methods. Although newly minted astral diamonds contain unimaginable amounts of energy, most known astral diamonds have already spent all of their energy and remain merely extremely rare and extremely valuable objects sometimes used as a high-end currency for particularly expensive transactions. Although the Aether gives the galactic civilizations many blessings, it is not without dangers. It is also a spiritual plane where many [[spirits]] migrate towards upon death of their mortal bodies. Most spirits are not powerful, virtuous or vile enough to be of any threat to astral travelers, becoming merely specters wandering around with little recollection of their former lives. However, few spirits retain enough malice or magical power to manifest as powerful entities that can ambush and kill unwary travelers. When one's mortal body is slain in the Aether, the spirit remains imprisoned within it, making for a particularly nasty [[afterlife]]. The Aether is also allegedly the location of [[Heaven]] and [[Hell]], located at the "top" and "bottom" of the plane, although no one has ever visited these places and lived to tell the tale (a few alleged heroes who got their loved ones back from Hell notwithstanding). The Aether is a dimension shaped by belief, therefore there is no commonly agreed upon appearance. Although aether, when taken to the material plane, becomes a colorless, transparent mist in its natural state it appears to be a different color, and sometimes density, depending on the observer. More maritime oriented cultures see it as blue and watery, while more religious individuals, standing right next to the former, will report seeing a white-gold misty substance. Some report purple and green thick clouds or orange-red light. Because it is shaped by belief, a spirit powerful enough (living or dead) may exert their will to extract and isolate small [[pocket dimension]]s within the Aether. Small domains have been reported under command of powerful mages, but the most famous ones are [[divine domains]] shaped by [[gods]] and their worshipers. Within his domain, a god is even more powerful than on the material plane, being virtually omnipotent. {{stub}} [[Category:Planes of existence]] [[Category:Coterminous planes]] [[Category:Spiritual planes]] [[Category:Afterlife]] 7eccd9c82e8d8ad49df7cd0b50f2496817518641 10 3 3 2016-01-06T20:50:03Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "<blockquote>'''Stub''' ''This article is a stub. It is yet to be expanded with more canon information.''</blockquote>" wikitext text/x-wiki <blockquote>'''Stub''' ''This article is a stub. It is yet to be expanded with more canon information.''</blockquote> 1de6a26645450fb3947ddf1457b7132625aa1ef1 4 3 2016-01-06T20:51:14Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki <blockquote>'''Stub''' ''This article is a stub. It is yet to be expanded with more canon information.''</blockquote> [[Category:Stubs]] 7c8b5624c7358aee835e875e58b57d79d4d529ec 0 4 5 2016-01-06T21:02:26Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "'''Earth''' or '''Terra''' is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although most of the galactic community doesn't realize it, it was the first world T..." wikitext text/x-wiki '''Earth''' or '''Terra''' is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although most of the galactic community doesn't realize it, it was the first world [[Titans]] visited and colonized in [[the Galaxy]]. Before the Titans disappeared, it housed a large number of [[Titan facilities]], including famous ones in [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]] and [[Mu]] (also known as [[R'lyeh]]). After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], a number of native and [[Titanic races|Titan-implanted races]] fought for domination, culminating in a cataclysm that destroyed most of them and paved the way for [[human]] dominance of Earth. Up to [[1875|present day]] Earth has very little knowledge of outer space, aether-sailing or other cultures out there, but the sporadic alien visits are making it slowly realize they are not alone in the universe. Earth has no formal diplomatic relationship with any [[Gnadra Accords]] signatories, making contact and trade with it extremely rare. == Titan Era == Around 100,000 years ago, Earth was a primitive world inhabited by a few sentient races, most of which are nearly or completely extinct by 1875 AD. What those races were is unknown, but we know among them were [[trolls]], [[naga]] and a race of large simians called “[[girallons]]” by modern day humans. Even the naga of that age were mostly resembling other worlds’ [[naga aberration |aberration class naga]], being far more serpent-like than any half-human-looking modern day naga. In that ancient era, the [[Titans]] arrived to the [[Milky Way]] from [[NGC 1532|another galaxy]] and for unknown reasons, decided to take Earth as their capital for this galaxy. They built a series of large complexes which may have been facilities or towns, or both. The names Titans had for those complexes cannot be deciphered to this day but are currently known after the names of later places nearby. They are [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Thule]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]], [[Tunguska]], [[Jeju (Titan)|Jeju]], [[Shangri-La (Titan)|Shangri-La]], [[Lemuria]], [[Mu]], [[Aztlan]], [[Palenque]] and [[El Dorado]], as well as [[Antarctic Titan facility|another complex]] in [[the Antarctic]], of which 1875 humans know only from maps uncovered in Titan artifacts. For thousands of years, Titans were assisted in their endeavors by uncountable numbers of stone and metal golems of various forms. From Earth, Titans spread across the Galaxy and explored many planets that would at a later point bear intelligent life. Living in a utopian, post-singularity society, Titans avoided leaving a large blueprint on Earth, as settling it was never their primary goal. Unfortunately, around 77,000 years ago, their tireless pursuit of science led to them opening a portal to another dimension, home of the [[Elder Things]], gods of chaos and madness from beyond our universe. One of these creatures, known as [[Cthulhu]], emerged on Earth and cursed the Titan stone golems into flesh creatures to more easily corrupt their minds and turn them against the Titans. [[Titan Apocalypse|The cataclysm]] spread all across the Galaxy, wiping out most of the Titans. Some of the remaining survivors devised a plan that ultimately sealed off the alien beings back in their dimension. Even though the portals couldn't be destroyed completely, they were sealed with powerful technology and enchantments, with the one holding Cthulhu being located in the [[Mu]] facility, now known as R’lyeh. What happened to the remaining Titans after that is unknown, as they vanish from record at the same time as the Elder Things. == Age of Atlantis == Earth was left behind for the now fleshy descendants of the Titans' former golem servitors, among them humans, [[dwarves]], [[sphinx]]es and [[oni]]. In the following millennia, a scramble for the remains of Titan technology began, with many races recovering various tiny pieces of their knowledge. Based on those scraps of technology and magic, many new civilizations arose, eventually culminating in a period known as Age of Atlantis. Over 15,000 years ago, humans lived on only a relatively small piece of Earth, most of the planet occupied by other races, some of Titanic and some of native origin. As the former golems were still remembered as invaders and usurpers to the native races, mutual hatred arose. Even the Titanic races couldn’t work together, leading to an early period of war and chaos. During this era, the [[demon]] king [[Mara]] took one of his first mortal incarnations as the oni warlord [[Raijin]]. His most famous contemporaries were the human [[Atlas]], the founder of [[Atlantis]] and the sphinx [[Hapi]] whose image would later be worshiped as a god by the [[Egyptians]]. Eventually, a small number of powerful civilizations arose, among them the human [[Atlantis]], competing with the [[elves|elven]], sphinx and oni nations across the globe. Atlantis became a despotic, corrupt state that shunned everything non-human and sought to wipe out every non-human from Earth. Around 12,000 years ago, they uncovered a [[Atlantis superweapon|Titan superweapon]] in the ruins of the original Atlantis and attempted to use it. Whether due to their incompetence or elven sabotage, or even intended use, the weapon severely backfired and caused a [[Fall of Atlantis|global catastrophe]] that reshaped Earth. Most of the non-humans were wiped out as intended, although Atlantis itself was shattered and thrown to the bottom of the ocean. == The Hyperborean Age == Majority of the human race evacuated Atlantis in time and invaded [[Europe]] and [[Africa]], taking over the remains of elven and sphinx civilizations, eventually taking on some cultural traits of theirs. Soon afterwards, they spread into [[Asia]] where they adapted the oni and naga ruins for their own use. For the longest time, the most populous non-human races on Earth remained elves, who kept to the forests and away from human persecution, dwarves and [[trolls]] who retreated underground, and naga who remained within their ancient temples, scheming. Over the following seven thousand years, humans forgot their original ideology and non-human races became a subject of myth and superstition. Elves became “forest spirits”, dwarves and trolls became strange underground creatures and naga started breeding with humans to produce [[naga|hybrids]] that could infiltrate human civilization and take back their native homeworld. The last major threat to humanity was the [[giants]]. Once centered around the [[Mu]] facility, they spread from the now shattered continent, and flourished almost as much as humans, however remained primitive. Over 3000 years ago, the giants all over the world mobilized and the ensuing conflicts were remembered as the [[Gigantomachy]]. In the end, giants were nearly wiped out and would become extinct within the next thousand years. == Birth of Modern Human Civilization == //short synopsis of ancient human civilization and how this Earth is different with magic active in it// == The Middle Ages == //Middle Ages with magic in it, including prominent mage houses and persecution of magic// == Age of Reason == //The Age of "Reason" when Abrahamic religions nearly wiped out magic. 1500-1800// == Modern Era == //19th century on this Earth, including new advances in technology and rediscovery of some forgotten magic// {{stub}} {{Sol System}} 00f789f1f42125d13c6e261b243e85795019b603 56 5 2016-01-06T21:32:48Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki '''Earth''' or '''Terra''' is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although most of the galactic community doesn't realize it, it was the first world [[Titans]] visited and colonized in [[the Galaxy]]. Before the Titans disappeared, it housed a large number of [[Titan facilities]], including famous ones in [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]] and [[Mu]] (also known as [[R'lyeh]]). After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], a number of native and [[Titanic races|Titan-implanted races]] fought for domination, culminating in a cataclysm that destroyed most of them and paved the way for [[human]] dominance of Earth. Up to [[1875|present day]] Earth has very little knowledge of outer space, aether-sailing or other cultures out there, but the sporadic alien visits are making it slowly realize they are not alone in the universe. Earth has no formal diplomatic relationship with any [[Gnadra Accords]] signatories, making contact and trade with it extremely rare. == Titan Era == Around 100,000 years ago, Earth was a primitive world inhabited by a few sentient races, most of which are nearly or completely extinct by 1875 AD. What those races were is unknown, but we know among them were [[trolls]], [[naga]] and a race of large simians called “[[girallons]]” by modern day humans. Even the naga of that age were mostly resembling other worlds’ [[naga aberration |aberration class naga]], being far more serpent-like than any half-human-looking modern day naga. In that ancient era, the [[Titans]] arrived to the [[Milky Way]] from [[NGC 1532|another galaxy]] and for unknown reasons, decided to take Earth as their capital for this galaxy. They built a series of large complexes which may have been facilities or towns, or both. The names Titans had for those complexes cannot be deciphered to this day but are currently known after the names of later places nearby. They are [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Thule]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]], [[Tunguska]], [[Jeju (Titan)|Jeju]], [[Shangri-La (Titan)|Shangri-La]], [[Lemuria]], [[Mu]], [[Aztlan]], [[Palenque]] and [[El Dorado]], as well as [[Antarctic Titan facility|another complex]] in [[the Antarctic]], of which 1875 humans know only from maps uncovered in Titan artifacts. For thousands of years, Titans were assisted in their endeavors by uncountable numbers of stone and metal golems of various forms. From Earth, Titans spread across the Galaxy and explored many planets that would at a later point bear intelligent life. Living in a utopian, post-singularity society, Titans avoided leaving a large blueprint on Earth, as settling it was never their primary goal. Unfortunately, around 77,000 years ago, their tireless pursuit of science led to them opening a portal to another dimension, home of the [[Elder Things]], gods of chaos and madness from beyond our universe. One of these creatures, known as [[Cthulhu]], emerged on Earth and cursed the Titan stone golems into flesh creatures to more easily corrupt their minds and turn them against the Titans. [[Titan Apocalypse|The cataclysm]] spread all across the Galaxy, wiping out most of the Titans. Some of the remaining survivors devised a plan that ultimately sealed off the alien beings back in their dimension. Even though the portals couldn't be destroyed completely, they were sealed with powerful technology and enchantments, with the one holding Cthulhu being located in the [[Mu]] facility, now known as R’lyeh. What happened to the remaining Titans after that is unknown, as they vanish from record at the same time as the Elder Things. == Age of Atlantis == Earth was left behind for the now fleshy descendants of the Titans' former golem servitors, among them humans, [[dwarves]], [[sphinx]]es and [[oni]]. In the following millennia, a scramble for the remains of Titan technology began, with many races recovering various tiny pieces of their knowledge. Based on those scraps of technology and magic, many new civilizations arose, eventually culminating in a period known as Age of Atlantis. Over 15,000 years ago, humans lived on only a relatively small piece of Earth, most of the planet occupied by other races, some of Titanic and some of native origin. As the former golems were still remembered as invaders and usurpers to the native races, mutual hatred arose. Even the Titanic races couldn’t work together, leading to an early period of war and chaos. During this era, the [[demon]] king [[Mara]] took one of his first mortal incarnations as the oni warlord [[Raijin]]. His most famous contemporaries were the human [[Atlas]], the founder of [[Atlantis]] and the sphinx [[Hapi]] whose image would later be worshiped as a god by the [[Egyptians]]. Eventually, a small number of powerful civilizations arose, among them the human [[Atlantis]], competing with the [[elves|elven]], sphinx and oni nations across the globe. Atlantis became a despotic, corrupt state that shunned everything non-human and sought to wipe out every non-human from Earth. Around 12,000 years ago, they uncovered a [[Atlantis superweapon|Titan superweapon]] in the ruins of the original Atlantis and attempted to use it. Whether due to their incompetence or elven sabotage, or even intended use, the weapon severely backfired and caused a [[Fall of Atlantis|global catastrophe]] that reshaped Earth. Most of the non-humans were wiped out as intended, although Atlantis itself was shattered and thrown to the bottom of the ocean. == The Hyperborean Age == Majority of the human race evacuated Atlantis in time and invaded [[Europe]] and [[Africa]], taking over the remains of elven and sphinx civilizations, eventually taking on some cultural traits of theirs. Soon afterwards, they spread into [[Asia]] where they adapted the oni and naga ruins for their own use. For the longest time, the most populous non-human races on Earth remained elves, who kept to the forests and away from human persecution, dwarves and [[trolls]] who retreated underground, and naga who remained within their ancient temples, scheming. Over the following seven thousand years, humans forgot their original ideology and non-human races became a subject of myth and superstition. Elves became “forest spirits”, dwarves and trolls became strange underground creatures and naga started breeding with humans to produce [[naga|hybrids]] that could infiltrate human civilization and take back their native homeworld. The last major threat to humanity was the [[giants]]. Once centered around the [[Mu]] facility, they spread from the now shattered continent, and flourished almost as much as humans, however remained primitive. Over 3000 years ago, the giants all over the world mobilized and the ensuing conflicts were remembered as the [[Gigantomachy]]. In the end, giants were nearly wiped out and would become extinct within the next thousand years. == Birth of Modern Human Civilization == //short synopsis of ancient human civilization and how this Earth is different with magic active in it// == The Middle Ages == //Middle Ages with magic in it, including prominent mage houses and persecution of magic// == Age of Reason == //The Age of "Reason" when Abrahamic religions nearly wiped out magic. 1500-1800// == Modern Era == //19th century on this Earth, including new advances in technology and rediscovery of some forgotten magic// {{stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Major worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] 01443f98923b92e3bdbd29ef1124b43417b8913d 68 56 2016-01-07T19:35:58Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki '''Earth''' or '''Terra''' is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although most of the galactic community doesn't realize it, it was the first world [[Titans]] visited and colonized in [[the Galaxy]]. Before the Titans disappeared, it housed a large number of [[Titan facilities]], including famous ones in [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]] and [[Mu]] (also known as [[R'lyeh]]). After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], a number of native and [[Titanic races|Titan-implanted races]] fought for domination, culminating in a cataclysm that destroyed most of them and paved the way for [[human]] dominance of Earth. Up to [[1875|present day]] Earth has very little knowledge of outer space, aether-sailing or other cultures out there, but the sporadic alien visits are making it slowly realize they are not alone in the universe. Earth has no formal diplomatic relationship with any [[Gnadra Accords]] signatories, making contact and trade with it extremely rare. == History == === Titan Era === Around 100,000 years ago, Earth was a primitive world inhabited by a few sentient races, most of which are nearly or completely extinct by 1875 AD. What those races were is unknown, but we know among them were [[trolls]], [[naga]] and a race of large simians called “[[girallons]]” by modern day humans. Even the naga of that age were mostly resembling other worlds’ [[naga aberration |aberration class naga]], being far more serpent-like than any half-human-looking modern day naga. In that ancient era, the [[Titans]] arrived to the [[Milky Way]] from [[NGC 1532|another galaxy]] and for unknown reasons, decided to take Earth as their capital for this galaxy. They built a series of large complexes which may have been facilities or towns, or both. The names Titans had for those complexes cannot be deciphered to this day but are currently known after the names of later places nearby. They are [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Thule]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]], [[Tunguska]], [[Jeju (Titan)|Jeju]], [[Shangri-La (Titan)|Shangri-La]], [[Lemuria]], [[Mu]], [[Aztlan]], [[Palenque]] and [[El Dorado]], as well as [[Antarctic Titan facility|another complex]] in [[the Antarctic]], of which 1875 humans know only from maps uncovered in Titan artifacts. For thousands of years, Titans were assisted in their endeavors by uncountable numbers of stone and metal golems of various forms. From Earth, Titans spread across the Galaxy and explored many planets that would at a later point bear intelligent life. Living in a utopian, post-singularity society, Titans avoided leaving a large blueprint on Earth, as settling it was never their primary goal. Unfortunately, around 77,000 years ago, their tireless pursuit of science led to them opening a portal to another dimension, home of the [[Elder Things]], gods of chaos and madness from beyond our universe. One of these creatures, known as [[Cthulhu]], emerged on Earth and cursed the Titan stone golems into flesh creatures to more easily corrupt their minds and turn them against the Titans. [[Titan Apocalypse|The cataclysm]] spread all across the Galaxy, wiping out most of the Titans. Some of the remaining survivors devised a plan that ultimately sealed off the alien beings back in their dimension. Even though the portals couldn't be destroyed completely, they were sealed with powerful technology and enchantments, with the one holding Cthulhu being located in the [[Mu]] facility, now known as R’lyeh. What happened to the remaining Titans after that is unknown, as they vanish from record at the same time as the Elder Things. === Age of Atlantis === Earth was left behind for the now fleshy descendants of the Titans' former golem servitors, among them humans, [[dwarves]], [[sphinx]]es and [[oni]]. In the following millennia, a scramble for the remains of Titan technology began, with many races recovering various tiny pieces of their knowledge. Based on those scraps of technology and magic, many new civilizations arose, eventually culminating in a period known as Age of Atlantis. Over 15,000 years ago, humans lived on only a relatively small piece of Earth, most of the planet occupied by other races, some of Titanic and some of native origin. As the former golems were still remembered as invaders and usurpers to the native races, mutual hatred arose. Even the Titanic races couldn’t work together, leading to an early period of war and chaos. During this era, the [[demon]] king [[Mara]] took one of his first mortal incarnations as the oni warlord [[Raijin]]. His most famous contemporaries were the human [[Atlas]], the founder of [[Atlantis]] and the sphinx [[Hapi]] whose image would later be worshiped as a god by the [[Egyptians]]. Eventually, a small number of powerful civilizations arose, among them the human [[Atlantis]], competing with the [[elves|elven]], sphinx and oni nations across the globe. Atlantis became a despotic, corrupt state that shunned everything non-human and sought to wipe out every non-human from Earth. Around 12,000 years ago, they uncovered a [[Atlantis superweapon|Titan superweapon]] in the ruins of the original Atlantis and attempted to use it. Whether due to their incompetence or elven sabotage, or even intended use, the weapon severely backfired and caused a [[Fall of Atlantis|global catastrophe]] that reshaped Earth. Most of the non-humans were wiped out as intended, although Atlantis itself was shattered and thrown to the bottom of the ocean. === The Hyperborean Age === Majority of the human race evacuated Atlantis in time and invaded [[Europe]] and [[Africa]], taking over the remains of elven and sphinx civilizations, eventually taking on some cultural traits of theirs. Soon afterwards, they spread into [[Asia]] where they adapted the oni and naga ruins for their own use. For the longest time, the most populous non-human races on Earth remained elves, who kept to the forests and away from human persecution, dwarves and [[trolls]] who retreated underground, and naga who remained within their ancient temples, scheming. Over the following seven thousand years, humans forgot their original ideology and non-human races became a subject of myth and superstition. Elves became “forest spirits”, dwarves and trolls became strange underground creatures and naga started breeding with humans to produce [[naga|hybrids]] that could infiltrate human civilization and take back their native homeworld. The last major threat to humanity was the [[giants]]. Once centered around the [[Mu]] facility, they spread from the now shattered continent, and flourished almost as much as humans, however remained primitive. Over 3000 years ago, the giants all over the world mobilized and the ensuing conflicts were remembered as the [[Gigantomachy]]. In the end, giants were nearly wiped out and would become extinct within the next thousand years. === Birth of Modern Human Civilization === //short synopsis of ancient human civilization and how this Earth is different with magic active in it// === The Middle Ages === //Middle Ages with magic in it, including prominent mage houses and persecution of magic// === Age of Reason === //The Age of "Reason" when Abrahamic religions nearly wiped out magic. 1500-1800// === Modern Era === //19th century on this Earth, including new advances in technology and rediscovery of some forgotten magic// == Geography == According to common galactic terminology, there are six continents and three oceans on Earth. The continents are [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[South America]], [[Australia]] and [[Antarctica]], although Earth natives count [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] as separate continents for cultural reasons. The oceans are according to both terms the [[Atlantic]], the [[Pacific]] and the [[Indian Ocean]]. Humans are dominant on all continents except the uninhabited Antarctica. === [[Eurasia]] === Eurasia is the largest and politically most important continent on Earth. The western subcontinent of [[Europe]] gave rise to most of Earth's current major political powers, including the [[British Empire]], [[United States of America]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Russia]], among others. Asia claims some of the oldest cultures on post-[[Atlantis]] Earth, including still-extant [[China]]. === [[Africa]] === Africa is one of the most technologically primitive continents on 19th century Earth, consisting mostly of small, tribal states or unclaimed territories but the major powers from [[Europe]] are slowly advancing into Africa. === [[North America]] === North America is one of the two post-colonial continents on Earth, being mostly occupied by descendants of colonists from [[Europe]] who proclaim their independence from the mother states. The most important state here is [[United States of America]], a rising power and a former colony of the [[British Empire]]. === [[South America]] === South America is another post-colonial continent, mostly divided between various former colonies of [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]], two former major powers of Earth, now greatly reduced in power. After some of the recent revelations, [[Brazil]], a state from South America, has taken an especially keen interest in [[the Aether]] and outer space. === [[Australia]] === Together with Oceania, Australia contains a large number of islands which are being slowly colonized by the major powers from [[Europe]]. Australia itself, the smallest continent on Earth, is currently ruled entirely by the [[British Empire]]. 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It comes equipped with default styles that should work for most navigational templates. Changing the default styles is possible, but not recommended. Using this template, or one of its "Navbox suite" sister templates, is highly recommended for standardization of navigational templates, and for ease of use. {{Navbox visibility}} == Usage == Please remove the parameters that are left blank. <pre style="overflow: auto;">{{Navbox | name = {{subst:PAGENAME}}{{subst:void|Don't change anything on this line. It will change itself when you save.}} | title = | listclass = hlist | state = {{{state|}}} | above = | image = | group1 = | list1 = | group2 = | list2 = <!-- ... --> | group20 = | list20 = | below = }} </pre> == Parameter list == {{Navbox | name = Navbox/doc | state = uncollapsed | title = {{{title}}} | above = {{{above}}} | image = {{{image}}} | group1 = {{{group1}}} | list1 = {{{list1}}} | group2 = {{{group2}}} | list2 = {{{list2}}} | list3 = {{{list3}}} ''without {{{group3}}}'' | group4 = {{{group4}}} | list4 = {{{list4}}} | below = {{{below}}} <br /> See alternate navbox formats under: [[#Layout of table|''Layout of table'']] }} The navbox uses lowercase parameter names, as shown in the box (''above''). The required ''name'' and ''title'' will create a one-line box if other parameters are omitted. Notice "group1" (etc.) is optional, as are sections named "above/below". {{clear}} The basic and most common parameters are as follows (see [[#Parameter descriptions|below]] for the full list): : <code>name</code> – the name of the template. : <code>title</code> – text in the title bar, such as: <nowiki>[[Widget stuff]]</nowiki>. : <code>listclass</code> – a CSS class for the list cells, usually <code>hlist</code> for horizontal lists. Alternatively, use bodyclass for the whole box. : <code>state</code> – controls when a navbox is expanded or collapsed. : <code>titlestyle</code> – a CSS style for the title-bar, such as: <code>background: gray;</code> : <code>groupstyle</code> – a CSS style for the group-cells, such as: <code>background: #eee;</code> : <code>above</code> – text to appear above the group/list section (could be a list of overall wikilinks). : <code>image</code> – an optional right-side image, coded as the whole image. Typically it is purely decorative, so it should be coded as <code><nowiki>[[File:</nowiki><var>XX</var><nowiki>.jpg|80px|link=|alt=]]</nowiki></code>. : <code>imageleft</code> – an optional left-side image (code the same as the "image" parameter). : <code>group_n</code> – the left-side text before list-n (if group-n omitted, list-n starts at left of box). : <code>list_n</code> – text listing wikilinks using a [[Help:Lists|wikilist]] format. : <code>below</code> – optional text to appear below the group/list section. == Parameter descriptions == The following is a complete list of parameters for using {{tl|Navbox}}. In most cases, the only required parameters are <code>name</code>, <code>title</code>, and <code>list1</code>, though [[Template:Navbox/doc#Child navboxes|child navboxes]] do not even require those to be set. {{tl|Navbox}} shares numerous common parameter names with its sister templates, {{tl|Navbox with columns}} and {{tl|Navbox with collapsible groups}}, for consistency and ease of use. Parameters marked with an asterisk (*) are common to all three master templates. === Setup parameters === :; ''name''* :: The name of the template, which is needed for the "V&nbsp;• T&nbsp;• E" ("View&nbsp;• Talk&nbsp;• Edit") links to work properly on all pages where the template is used. You can enter <code><nowiki>{{subst:PAGENAME}}</nowiki></code> for this value as a shortcut. The name parameter is only mandatory if a <code>title</code> is specified, and the <code>border</code> parameter is not set, and the <code>navbar</code> parameter is not used to disable the navbar. :; ''state''* <span style="font-weight:normal;">[<code>autocollapse, collapsed, expanded, plain, off</code>]</span> :* Defaults to <code>autocollapse</code>. A navbox with <code>autocollapse</code> will start out collapsed if there are two or more tables on the same page that use other collapsible tables. Otherwise, the navbox will be expanded. For the technically minded, see [[MediaWiki:Common.js]]. :* If set to <code>collapsed</code>, the navbox will always start out in a collapsed state. :* If set to <code>expanded</code>, the navbox will always start out in an expanded state. :* If set to <code>plain</code>, the navbox will always be expanded with no [hide] link on the right, and the title will remain centered (by using padding to offset the <small>V&nbsp;• T&nbsp;• E</small> links). :* If set to <code>off</code>, the navbox will always be expanded with no [hide] link on the right, but no padding will be used to keep the title centered. This is for advanced use only; the "plain" option should suffice for most applications where the [show]/[hide] button needs to be hidden. : To show the box when standalone (non-included) but then auto-hide contents when in an article, put "expanded" inside {{tag|noinclude|p}} tags. This setting will force the box visible when standalone (even when followed by other boxes), displaying "[hide]", but then it will auto-collapse the box when stacked inside an article: :: <code><nowiki>| state =&nbsp;</nowiki></code>{{tag|noinclude|content=expanded}} : Often times, editors will want a default initial state for a navbox, which may be overridden in an article. Here is the trick to do this: :* In your intermediate template, create a parameter also named "state" as a pass-through like this: :: <code><nowiki>| state = {{{state<includeonly>|your_desired_initial_state</includeonly>}}}</nowiki></code> :* The {{tag|includeonly|o}}<code>|</code> will make the template expanded when viewing the template page by itself. ::* Example 1: {{tl|Peso}} with ''autocollapse'' as the default initial state. [[Catalan peseta]] transcludes it and has only one navbox; thus, the peso navbox shows. [[Chilean peso]] has more than two navboxes; thus, the peso navbox collapses. ::* Example 2: {{tl|Historical currencies of Hungary}} with ''expanded'' as the default initial state, as such: :::<code><nowiki>| state = {{{state<includeonly>|expanded</includeonly>}}}</nowiki></code> :::All transcluding articles show the content by default, unless there is a hypothetical article that specifies <code><nowiki>{{templatename|state=collapsed}}</nowiki></code> when transcluding. ::* Example 3: {{tl|Tourism}} with ''collapsed'' as the default initial state, as such: :::<code><nowiki>| state = {{{state<includeonly>|collapsed</includeonly>}}}</nowiki></code> :::All transcluding articles will show the template as collapsed by default, but the template will still be uncollapsed when displayed on its own page. :* The template {{tl|Collapsible option}} explains how to use the <code>state</code> parameter. It can be added to a {{tag|noinclude|p}} section after the template definition or to the instructions on the {{tl|documentation subpage}}. :; ''navbar''* :: If set to <code>plain</code>, the <span style="font-size: 88%;">V&nbsp;• T&nbsp;• E</span> links on the left side of the titlebar will not be displayed, and padding will be automatically used to keep the title centered. Use <code>off</code> to remove the <span style="font-size: 88%;">V&nbsp;• T&nbsp;• E</span> links, but not apply padding (this is for advanced use only; the "plain" option should suffice for most applications where a navbar is not desired). It is highly recommended that one not hide the navbar, in order to make it easier for users to edit the template, and to keep a standard style across pages. :; ''border''* :: ''See later section on [[#Child navboxes|using navboxes within one another]] for examples and a more complete description.'' If set to <code>child</code> or <code>subgroup</code>, then the navbox can be used as a borderless child that fits snugly in another navbox. The border is hidden and there is no padding on the sides of the table, so it fits into the ''list'' area of its parent navbox. If set to <code>none</code>, then the border is hidden and padding is removed, and the navbox may be used as a child of another container (do not use the <code>none</code> option inside of another navbox; similarly, only use the <code>child</code>/<code>subgroup</code> option inside of another navbox). If set to anything else (default), then a regular navbox is displayed with a 1px border. An alternate way to specify the border to be a subgroup style is like this (i.e. use the first unnamed parameter instead of the named ''border'' parameter): ::: <code><nowiki>{{Navbox|child</nowiki></code> :::: <code>...</code> ::: <code><nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> === Cells === :; ''title''* :: Text that appears centered in the top row of the table. It is usually the template's topic, i.e. a succinct description of the body contents. This should be a single line, but if a second line is needed, use <code><nowiki>{{-}}</nowiki></code> to ensure proper centering. This parameter is technically not mandatory, but using {{tl|Navbox}} is rather pointless without a title. :; ''above''* :: A full-width cell displayed between the titlebar and first group/list, i.e. ''above'' the template's body (groups, lists and image). In a template without an image, ''above'' behaves in the same way as the ''list1'' parameter without the ''group1'' parameter. :; ''group_n''* :: (i.e. ''group1'', ''group2'', etc.) If specified, text appears in a header cell displayed to the left of ''list_n''. If omitted, ''list_n'' uses the full width of the table. :; ''list_n''* :: (i.e. ''list1'', ''list2'', etc.) The body of the template, usually a list of links. Format is inline, although the text can be entered on separate lines if the entire list is enclosed within <code><nowiki><div> </div></nowiki></code>. At least one ''list'' parameter is required; each additional ''list'' is displayed in a separate row of the table. Each ''list_n'' may be preceded by a corresponding ''group_n'' parameter, if provided (see below). ::Entries should be separated using a [[newline]] and an [[asterisk]] (*). If instead two asterisks are used, it provides [[Nesting (computing)|nesting]] within the previous entry by enclosing the entry with brackets. Increasing the number of asterisks used increases the number of brackets around entries. :; ''image''* :: An image to be displayed in a cell below the title and to the right of the body (the groups/lists). For the image to display properly, the ''list1'' parameter must be specified. The ''image'' parameter accepts standard wikicode for displaying an image, ''e.g.'': ::: <code><nowiki>[[File:</nowiki><var>XX</var><nowiki>.jpg|80px|link=|alt=]]</nowiki></code> ::: nb: including "|right" will produce the usual left margin to provide separation from the list items and [[Zebra striping (computer graphics)|zebra striping]]. :; ''imageleft''* :: An image to be displayed in a cell below the title and to the left of the body (lists). For the image to display properly, the ''list1'' parameter must be specified and no groups can be specified. It accepts the same sort of parameter that ''image'' accepts. :; ''below''* :: A full-width cell displayed ''below'' the template's body (groups, lists and image). In a template without an image, ''below'' behaves in the same way as the template's final ''list_n'' parameter without a ''group_n'' parameter. For an example of the ''below'' parameter in use, see {{oldid|Main Page|352612160|this}} version of {{tl|Lists of the provinces and territories of Canada}}. === Style parameters === Styles are generally advised against, to maintain consistency among templates and pages in Wikipedia; but the option to modify styles is given. :; ''bodystyle''* :: Specifies [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]] styles to apply to the template body. This option should be used sparingly as it can lead to visual inconsistencies. Examples: ::: <code>bodystyle = background: #''nnnnnn'';</code> ::: <code>bodystyle = width: ''N''&nbsp;[em/%/px or width: auto];</code> ::: <code>bodystyle = float: [''left/right/none''];</code> ::: <code>bodystyle = clear: [''right/left/both/none''];</code> :; ''basestyle''* :: CSS styles to apply to the ''title'', ''above'', ''below'', and ''group'' cells all at once. The styles are not applied to ''list'' cells. This is convenient for easily changing the basic color of the navbox without having to repeat the style specifications for the different parts of the navbox. Examples: ::: <code>basestyle = background: lightskyblue;</code> :; ''titlestyle''* :: [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]] styles to apply to ''title'', most often the titlebar's background color: ::: <code>titlestyle = background: ''#nnnnnn'';</code> ::: <code>titlestyle = background: ''name'';</code> ::: <code>titlestyle = background: none;</code> — for no background color :; ''groupstyle''* :: CSS styles to apply to the ''groupN'' cells. This option overrides any styles that are applied to the entire table. Examples: ::: <code>groupstyle = background: #''nnnnnn'';</code> ::: <code>groupstyle = text-align: [''left/center/right''];</code> ::: <code>groupstyle = vertical-align: [''top/middle/bottom''];</code> :; ''group_nstyle''* :: CSS styles to apply to a specific group, in addition to any styles specified by the ''groupstyle'' parameter. This parameter should only be used when absolutely necessary in order to maintain standardization and simplicity. Examples: ::: <code>group3style = background: red; color: white;</code> :; ''groupwidth'' :: A number and unit specifying a uniform width for the group cells, in cases where little content in the list cells may cause group cells to be too wide. No default. However, may be overridden by the ''group(n)style'' parameter. Examples: ::: <code>groupwidth = 9em</code> :; ''liststyle''* :: CSS styles to apply to all lists. Overruled by the ''oddstyle'' and ''evenstyle'' parameters (if specified) hereafter. When using backgound colors in the navbox, see the [[#Intricacies|note hereafter]]. :; ''list_nstyle''* :: CSS styles to apply to a specific list, in addition to any styles specified by the ''liststyle'' parameter. This parameter should only be used when absolutely necessary in order to maintain standardization and simplicity. Examples: ::: <code>list5style = background: #ddddff;</code> :; ''listpadding''* :: A number and unit specifying the padding in each ''list'' cell. The ''list'' cells come equipped with a default padding of 0.25em on the left and right, and 0 on the top and bottom. Due to complex technical reasons, simply setting "liststyle = padding: 0.5em;" (or any other padding setting) will not work. Examples: ::: <code>listpadding = 0.5em 0;</code> (sets 0.5em padding for the left/right, and 0 padding for the top/bottom.) ::: <code>listpadding = 0;</code> (removes all list padding.) :; ''oddstyle'' :; ''evenstyle'' :: Applies to odd/even list numbers. Overrules styles defined by ''liststyle''. The default behavior is to add striped colors (white and gray) to odd/even rows, respectively, in order to improve readability. These should not be changed except in extraordinary circumstances. :; ''evenodd'' <span style="font-weight: normal;"><code>[swap, even, odd, off]</code></span> :: If set to <code>swap</code>, then the automatic striping of even and odd rows is reversed. Normally, even rows get a light gray background for striping; when this parameter is used, the odd rows receive the gray striping instead of the even rows. Setting to <code>even</code> or <code>odd</code> sets all rows to have that striping color. Setting to <code>off</code> disables automatic row striping. This advanced parameter should only be used to fix problems when the navbox is being used as a child of another navbox and the stripes do not match up. Examples and a further description can be found in the section on child navboxes below. :; ''abovestyle''* :; ''belowstyle''* :: CSS styles to apply to the top cell (specified via the ''above'' parameter) and bottom cell (specified via the ''below'' parameter). Typically used to set background color or text alignment: ::: <code>abovestyle = background: #''nnnnnn'';</code> ::: <code>abovestyle = text-align: [''left/center/right''];</code> ::: <code>belowstyle = background: #''nnnnnn'';</code> ::: <code>belowstyle = text-align: [''left/center/right''];</code> :; ''imagestyle''* :; ''imageleftstyle''* :: CSS styles to apply to the cells where the image/imageleft sits. These styles should only be used in exceptional circumstances, usually to fix width problems if the width of groups is set and the width of the image cell grows too large. Examples: ::: <code>imagestyle = width:5em;</code> ===== Default styles ===== The style settings listed here are those that editors using the navbox change most often. The other more complex style settings were left out of this list to keep it simple. Most styles are set in [[MediaWiki:Common.css]]. : <code>bodystyle = background: #fdfdfd; width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;</code> : <code>titlestyle = background: #ccccff; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;</code> : <code>abovestyle = background: #ddddff; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;</code> : <code>belowstyle = background: #ddddff; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;</code> : <code>groupstyle = background: #ddddff; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: right;</code> : <code>liststyle = background: transparent; text-align: left/center;</code> : <code>oddstyle = background: transparent;</code> : <code>evenstyle = background: #f7f7f7;</code> Since ''liststyle'' and ''oddstyle'' are transparent, odd lists have the color of the ''bodystyle'', which defaults to #fdfdfd (white with a hint of gray). A list defaults to <code>text-align: left;</code> if it has a group, if not it defaults to <code>text-align: center;</code>. Since only ''bodystyle'' has a vertical-align all the others inherit its <code>vertical-align: middle;</code>. === Advanced parameters === :; ''bodyclass'' :; ''aboveclass'' :; ''groupclass'' :; ''listclass'' :; ''belowclass'' :: This enables attaching a CSS class to group or list cells. The most common use for ''listclass'' is to give it the <code>hlist</code> class that will cause lists to render horizontally. All these parameters accept the <code>hlist</code> class, but if more than one parameter is used for <code>hlist</code>, use {{para|bodyclass|hlist}} instead. :; ''titlegroup'' :: This puts a group in the title area, with the same default styles as ''group_n''. It should be used only in exceptional circumstances (usually advanced meta-templates) and its use requires some knowledge of the internal code of {{tl|Navbox}}; you should be ready to manually set up CSS styles to get everything to work properly if you wish to use it. If you think you have an application for this parameter, it might be best to change your mind, or consult the talk page first. :; ''titlegroupstyle'' :: The styles for the titlegroup cell. :; ''innerstyle'' :: A very advanced parameter to be used ''only'' for advanced meta-templates employing the navbox. Internally, the navbox uses an outer table to draw the border, and then an inner table for everything else (title/above/groups/lists/below/images, etc.). The ''style''/''bodystyle'' parameter sets the style for the outer table, which the inner table inherits, but in advanced cases (meta-templates) it may be necessary to directly set the style for the inner table. This parameter provides access to that inner table so styles can be applied. Use at your own risk. ==== Microformats ==== :; ''bodyclass'' :: This parameter is inserted into the "class" attribute for the navbox as a whole. :; ''titleclass'' :: This parameter is inserted into the "class" attribute for the navbox's title caption. This template supports the addition of microformat information. This is done by adding "class" attributes to various data cells, indicating what kind of information is contained within. To flag a navbox as containing [[hCard]] information about a person, for example, add the following parameter: <pre> | bodyclass = vcard </pre> ''and'' <pre> | titleclass = fn </pre> ''or'' (for example): <pre><nowiki> | title = The books of <span class="fn">[[Iain Banks]]</span> </nowiki></pre> ...and so forth. See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Microformats]] for more information on adding microformat information to Wikipedia, and [[microformat]] for more information on microformats in general. == Layout of table == ===Without image, above and below=== Table generated by {{tl|Navbox}} '''without''' ''image'', ''above'' and ''below'' parameters (gray list background color added for illustration only): {{Navbox | name = Navbox/doc | state = uncollapsed | liststyle = background: silver; | title = {{{title}}} | group1 = {{{group1}}} | list1 = {{{list1}}} | group2 = {{{group2}}} | list2 = {{{list2}}} | list3 = {{{list3}}} ''without {{{group3}}}'' | group4 = {{{group4}}} | list4 = {{{list4}}} }} ===With image, above and below=== Table generated by {{tl|Navbox}} '''with''' ''image'', ''above'' and ''below'' parameters (gray list background color added for illustration only): {{Navbox | name = Navbox/doc | state = uncollapsed | liststyle = background: silver; | image = {{{image}}} | title = {{{title}}} | above = {{{above}}} | group1 = {{{group1}}} | list1 = {{{list1}}} | group2 = {{{group2}}} | list2 = {{{list2}}} | list3 = {{{list3}}} ''without {{{group3}}}'' | group4 = {{{group4}}} | list4 = {{{list4}}} | below = {{{below}}} }} ===With image and without groups=== Table generated by {{tl|Navbox}} '''with''' ''image'', ''imageleft'', ''lists'', and '''without''' ''groups'', ''above'', ''below'' (gray list background color added for illustration only): {{Navbox | name = Navbox/doc | state = uncollapsed | liststyle = background: silver; | image = {{{image}}} | imageleft = {{{imageleft}}} | title = {{{title}}} | list1 = {{{list1}}} | list2 = {{{list2}}} | list3 = {{{list3}}} | list4 = {{{list4}}} }} == Examples == <!-- Please do not encourage folks to use <div> within Navboxes as (unless handled carefully) they can negate liststyles/groupstyles/etc. settings. --> === No image === <pre style="overflow: auto;"> {{Navbox | name = Navbox/doc | title = [[Multimedia Super Corridor|MSC Malaysia]] | listclass = hlist | group1 = Centre | list1 = * [[Cyberjaya]] | group2 = Area | list2 = * [[Klang Valley]] | group3 = Major landmarks | list3 = * [[Petronas Twin Towers]] * [[Kuala Lumpur Tower]] * [[Kuala Lumpur Sentral]] * [[Technology Park Malaysia]] * [[Putrajaya]] * [[Cyberjaya]] * [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport]] | group4 = Infrastructure | list4 = * [[Express Rail Link]] * [[KL-KLIA Dedicated Expressway]] | group5 = Prime applications | list5 = * [[EGovernment]] * [[MyKad]] }} </pre> {{Navbox | name = Navbox/doc | state = uncollapsed | title = [[Multimedia Super Corridor|MSC Malaysia]] | listclass = hlist | group1 = Centre | list1 = * [[Cyberjaya]] | group2 = Area | list2 = * [[Klang Valley]] | group3 = Major landmarks | list3 = * [[Petronas Twin Towers]] * [[Kuala Lumpur Tower]] * [[Kuala Lumpur Sentral]] * [[Technology Park Malaysia]] * [[Putrajaya]] * [[Cyberjaya]] * [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport]] | group4 = Infrastructure | list4 = * [[Express Rail Link]] * [[KL-KLIA Dedicated Expressway]] | group5 = Prime applications | list5 = * [[EGovernment]] * [[MyKad]] }} === With image, without groups === <pre style="overflow: auto;"> {{Navbox | name = Navbox/doc | title = [[Multimedia Super Corridor|MSC Malaysia]] | listclass = hlist | image = [[File:Flag of Malaysia.svg|80px|link=|alt=]] | list1 = * [[Petronas Twin Towers]] * [[Kuala Lumpur Tower]] * [[Kuala Lumpur Sentral]] * [[Technology Park Malaysia]] * [[Putrajaya]] * [[Cyberjaya]] * [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport]] }} </pre> {{Navbox | name = Navbox/doc | title = [[Multimedia Super Corridor|MSC Malaysia]] | listclass = hlist | image = [[File:Flag of Malaysia.svg|80px|link=|alt=]] | list1 = * [[Petronas Twin Towers]] * [[Kuala Lumpur Tower]] * [[Kuala Lumpur Sentral]] * [[Technology Park Malaysia]] * [[Putrajaya]] * [[Cyberjaya]] * [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport]] }} === With two images, without groups, multiple lists === <pre style="overflow: auto;"> {{Navbox | name = Navbox/doc | title = [[Multimedia Super Corridor|MSC Malaysia]] | listclass = hlist | image = [[File:Flag of Malaysia.svg|80px|link=|alt=]] | imageleft = [[File:Flag of Malaysia.svg|80px]] | list1 = * [[Petronas Twin Towers]] * [[Kuala Lumpur Tower]] * [[Kuala Lumpur Sentral]] | list2 = * [[Express Rail Link]] * [[KL-KLIA Dedicated Expressway]] | list3 = * [[EGovernment]] * [[MyKad]] | list4 = * [[Klang Valley]] }} </pre> {{Navbox | name = Navbox/doc | title = [[Multimedia Super Corridor|MSC Malaysia]] | listclass = hlist | image = [[File:Flag of Malaysia.svg|80px|link=|alt=]] | imageleft = [[File:Flag of Malaysia.svg|80px]] | list1 = * [[Petronas Twin Towers]] * [[Kuala Lumpur Tower]] * [[Kuala Lumpur Sentral]] | list2 = * [[Express Rail Link]] * [[KL-KLIA Dedicated Expressway]] | list3 = * [[EGovernment]] * [[MyKad]] | list4 = * [[Klang Valley]] }} === With image, groups, above, below === <pre style="overflow: auto;"> {{Navbox | name = Navbox/doc | title = [[Multimedia Super Corridor|MSC Malaysia]] | listclass = hlist | above = Above text goes here | image = [[File:Flag of Malaysia.svg|80px|link=|alt=]] | group1 = Centre | list1 = * [[Cyberjaya]] | group2 = Area | list2 = * [[Klang Valley]] | group3 = Major landmarks | list3 = * [[Petronas Twin Towers]] * [[Kuala Lumpur Tower]] * [[Kuala Lumpur Sentral]] * [[Technology Park Malaysia]] * [[Putrajaya]] * [[Cyberjaya]] | group4 = Infrastructure | list4 = * [[Express Rail Link]] * [[KL-KLIA Dedicated Expressway]] | group5 = Prime applications | list5 = * [[EGovernment]] * [[MyKad]] | below = Below text goes here }} </pre> {{Navbox | name = Navbox/doc | title = [[Multimedia Super Corridor|MSC Malaysia]] | listclass = hlist | above = Above text goes here | image = [[File:Flag of Malaysia.svg|80px|link=|alt=]] | group1 = Centre | list1 = * [[Cyberjaya]] | group2 = Area | list2 = * [[Klang Valley]] | group3 = Major landmarks | list3 = * [[Petronas Twin Towers]] * [[Kuala Lumpur Tower]] * [[Kuala Lumpur Sentral]] * [[Technology Park Malaysia]] * [[Putrajaya]] * [[Cyberjaya]] | group4 = Infrastructure | list4 = * [[Express Rail Link]] * [[KL-KLIA Dedicated Expressway]] | group5 = Prime applications | list5 = * [[EGovernment]] * [[MyKad]] | below = Below text goes here }} == Child navboxes == {{Selfref|For additional examples, see the [[Template:Navbox/testcases|Navbox testcases page]].}} It is possible to place multiple navboxes within a single border with the use of the ''border'' parameter, or by specifying the first parameter to be "child". The basic code for doing this is as follows (which adds a subgroup for the first group/list area): <pre style="overflow: auto;"> {{Navbox | name = {{subst:PAGENAME}} | title = Title | group1 = [optional] | list1 = {{Navbox|child ...child navbox parameters... }} ... }} </pre> === Subgroups example === {{main|Template:Navbox subgroup}} This example shows how subgroups can be used. It is recommended that one use {{tl|Navbox subgroup}}, but the same result can be reached by using {{tl|Navbox}} with <code>border = child</code> or the first unnamed parameter set to <code>child</code>. The ''evenodd'' parameter is used to reverse striping in some of the subgroups in order to get all of the stripes to line up properly. To remove the striping altogether, you can set <code>liststyle = background:transparent;</code> in each of the navboxes. {{Navbox | name = Navbox/doc | image = [[File:Flag of the United States.svg|100px|link=|alt=]] | state = uncollapsed | title = Multiple subgroup example | above = Above | below = Below | group1 = Group1 | list1 = List1 | group2 = Group2 | list2 = {{Navbox|child | evenodd = swap | group1 = Group2.1 | list1 = List1 | group2 = Group2.2 | list2 = List2 | group3 = Group2.3 | list3 = List3 }} | group3 = Group3 | list3 = List3 | group4 = Group4 | list4 = {{Navbox|child | evenodd = swap | group1 = Group4.1 | list1 = List1 | group2 = Group4.2 | list2 = List2 | group3 = Group4.3 | list3 = List3 }} }} === Multiple show/hides in a single container === {{main|Template:Navbox with collapsible groups}} The example below is generated using a regular navbox for the main container, then its list1, list2, and list3 parameters each contain another navbox, with <code>1 = child</code> set. The view (v), discuss (d), edit (e) navbar links are hidden using <code>navbar = plain</code> for each of them, or could be suppressed by just leaving out the ''name'' parameter (child navboxes do not require the name parameter to be set, unlike regular navboxes). {{Navbox | name = Navbox/doc | title = [[File:Blason France moderne.svg|x17px|link=|alt=]] [[File:Flag of France.svg|x17px|link=|alt=]] [[French colonial empire|Former French overseas empire]] | state = uncollapsed | list1 = {{Navbox|child | navbar = plain | title = [[French colonial empire|Former French colonies]] in [[Africa]] and the [[Indian Ocean]] | listclass = hlist | group1 = [[Mahgreb]] | list1 = * [[French rule in Algeria|Algeria]] * [[French Morocco|Morocco]] <small>([[Arguin|Arguin Island]])</small> * [[History of Tunisia|Tunisia]] | group2 = [[French West Africa]] | list2 = * [[History of Côte d'Ivoire#French Period|Côte d'Ivoire]] * [[French Dahomey|Dahomey]] * [[French Sudan]] * [[French Guinea|Guinea]] * [[History of Mauritania#French colonization and post-colonial history|Mauritania]] * [[History of Niger#Colonization|Niger]] * [[History of Senegal|Senegal]] * [[French Upper Volta|Upper Volta]] * [[French Togoland]] * [[James Island (The Gambia)|James Island]] | group3 = [[French Equatorial Africa]] | list3 = * [[Colonial Chad|Chad]] * [[History of Gabon|Gabon]] * [[History of the Republic of the Congo|Middle Congo]] * [[Oubangui-Chari]] | group4 = [[Comoros]] | list4 = * [[Anjouan]] * [[Grande Comore]] * [[Mohéli]] * [[History of Djibouti#French Interest|French Somaliland (Djibouti)]] * [[History of Madagascar#French control|Madagascar]] * [[Mauritius|Ile de France]] * [[Seychelles]] }} | list2 = {{Navbox|child | navbar = plain | title = [[French colonial empire|Former French colonies]] in the [[Americas]] | listclass = hlist | list1 = * [[New France]]{{spaces|2}}<small>([[Acadia]], [[Louisiana (New France)|Louisiana]], [[Canada, New France|Canada]], [[Newfoundland (island)|Terre Neuve]]) 1655–1763 </small> | list2 = * [[Inini]] * [[Berbice]] * [[Saint-Domingue]] * <small>[[Haiti]]</small> * [[Tobago]] * [[History of the British Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands]] * [[France Antarctique]] * [[France Équinoxiale]] | below = [[French West India Company]] }} | list3 = {{Navbox|child | navbar = plain | title = [[French colonial empire|Former French colonies]] in [[Asia]] and [[Oceania]] | listclass = hlist | group1 = [[French India]] | list1 = * [[Chandernagor]] * [[Coromandel Coast]] * [[History of Chennai|Madras]] * [[Mahé, India|Mahé]] * [[History of Pondicherry|Pondichéry]] * [[Karaikal]] * [[Yanam (India)|Yanaon]] | group2 = [[French Indochina]] | list2 = * [[Colonial Cambodia|Cambodia]] * [[History of Laos to 1945#French Laos|Laos]] * [[French Indochina|Vietnam]] <small>([[Annam (French colony)|Annam]], [[Cochinchina]], [[Tonkin]])</small> | group3 = Other Asian | list3 = * [[Alawite State|Alaouites]] * [[Republic of Hatay|Alexandretta-Hatay]] * [[Sri Lanka|Ceylon]] * [[Kwangchowan]] | group4 = [[Oceania]] | list4 = * [[New Hebrides]] ** [[History of Vanuatu|Vanuatu]] | below = [[French East India Company]] }} }} == Relationship with other Navbox templates == This navbox template is specifically designed to work in conjunction with two other sister templates: {{tl|Navbox with columns}} and {{tl|Navbox with collapsible groups}}. All three of these templates share common parameters for consistency and ease of use (such parameters are marked with an asterisk (*) in the [[#Parameter descriptions|parameter descriptions]] list hereinbefore). Most importantly, each template can be used as a child of one another (by using the {{para|border|child}} parameter, or by specifying the first unnamed parameter to be <code>child</code>. For example: <code><nowiki>{{Navbox|child ...}}</nowiki></code>, <code><nowiki>{{Navbox with columns|child ...}}</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>{{Navbox with collapsible groups|child ...}}</nowiki></code>.) == Technical details == * This template uses CSS classes for most of its looks, thus it is fully skinnable. * Internally this meta template uses HTML markup instead of wiki markup for the table code. That is the usual way we make meta templates since wiki markup has several drawbacks. For instance it makes it harder to use [[m:Help:ParserFunctions|parser functions]] and special characters in parameters. * For more technical details see the [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|talk page]], the CSS classes in [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] and the collapsible table used to hide the box in [[MediaWiki:Common.js]]. === Intricacies === * The 2px wide border between groups and lists is drawn using the border-left property of the list cell. Thus, if you wish to change the background color of the template (for example <code>bodystyle = background:purple;</code>), then you'll need to make the border-left-color match the background color (i.e. <code>liststyle = border-left-color: purple;</code>). If you wish to have a border around each list cell, then the 2px border between the list cells and group cells will disappear; you'll have to come up with your own solution. * The list cell width is initially set to 100%. Thus, if you wish to manually set the width of group cells, you'll need to also specify the liststyle to have width: auto. If you wish to set the group width and use images, it's up to you to figure out the CSS in the groupstyle, liststyle, imagestyle, and imageleftstyle parameters to get everything to work correctly. Example of setting group width: :: <code>groupstyle = width: 10em;</code> :: <code>liststyle = width: auto;</code> * Adjacent navboxes have only a 1 pixel border between them (except in IE 6, which doesn't support the necessary CSS). If you set the top or bottom margin of <code>style/bodystyle</code>, then this will not work. * The default margin-left and margin-right of the outer navbox table are set to "auto;". If you wish to use navbox as a float, you need to manually set the margin-left and margin-right values, because the auto margins interfere with the float option. For example, add the following code to use the navbox as a float: ::<code>bodystyle = width: 22em; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 0;</code> === Copying to other projects or wikis? === Using this template on other wikis requires [[HTML Tidy]] to be turned on. A version that does not require Tidy can be found at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Transwiki/Template:Navbox]]. (That version generally shouldn't be used here on the English Wikipedia.) More detailed information on copying {{tlf|Navbox}} to other wikis can be found on the [[Template talk:Navbox|talk page]]. === Known issues === # If the heading of the navbox spans more than one line, the second line will be displayed to the right of center. This can be avoided by hard-coding linebreaks with {{tag|br|single|params=clear="all"}}. # In Internet Explorer 8 and 9, there is a bug when using <code>hlist</code>; navbox will fail to wrap the list to the next line if the list items start with an image, causing navbox to extend its width outside the screen. This can be fixed by adding <code>&amp;nbsp;</code> in front of the images. # Excessive use of the '''unsubstituted''' {{tlx|•}} template as a delimiter, can in extreme cases cause the wiki page rendering to fail&nbsp;— there is a limit to the number of templates that can be used on a page (example [[Ketamine]] where the inclusion of eleven Navboxes with hundreds of bullets caused the page load not to complete, only the substitution of the bullets in those navboxes cured the problem). Use of the <code>hlist</code> class avoids the delimiter transclusion issue altogether, as the delimiters are rendered via CSS. == See also == * {{tl|Otherarticles}} – a small navbox based on an existing category * {{tl|Navbar}} – Used for the navigation links in navbox. * {{tl|Nobold}} – To display text at normal font-weight within a context where the default font-weight is bold, e.g. header cells in tables. * {{tl|Sidebar}} – Vertically-aligned navigation templates. * [[Template:Navbox/testcases]] – For additional examples of template code. * [[Wikipedia:Line-break handling]] – The how-to guide about how to handle word wraps (line breaks) on Wikipedia, such as the wrapping of the link lists used in navboxes. * {{tl|Nowrap begin}}, {{tl|·}} and {{tl|•}} are '''deprecated''' in favor of the <code>hlist</code> class for formatting lists. 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[[Sol System]] |- | [[The Sun]] - [[Mercury]] - [[Venus]] - [[Earth]] ([[Earth's moon|Moon]]) - [[Mars]] - [[Sol asteroid belt|Asteroid belt]] - [[Jupiter]] - [[Saturn]] - [[Uranus]] - [[Neptune]] - [[Kuiper belt]] |} 16243802739a5b360fea24176e845b3935f0678a 0 30 57 2016-01-06T22:09:37Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "'''Humans''' are one of the most common races in [[the Galaxy]], originating from a [[Titan construct]] used on most worlds where [[Titans]] were present. In many worlds, the..." wikitext text/x-wiki '''Humans''' are one of the most common races in [[the Galaxy]], originating from a [[Titan construct]] used on most worlds where [[Titans]] were present. In many worlds, the constructs went extinct at one point or another, but many others they remain an at least influential race. On a number of important worlds, including [[Earth]], [[Ivarind]], [[Strahdholdt]], [[Cyagh]] and [[Yotvia]], humans are one of the dominant races, if not the dominant one. == Biology == Humans are a standard, bipedal [[humanoid]] race and on most worlds, they do not differ greatly from [[Earth]] humans, albeit on many worlds ethnicities absent on Earth are present, such as [[Red Martians]] from [[Mars]]. {{Stub}} [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Common races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] 7b78c3a1e17f138e8b2ff85ead6bcf958daf0b36 70 57 2016-01-07T19:51:36Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki '''Humans''' are one of the most common races in [[the Galaxy]], originating from a [[Titan construct]] used on most worlds where [[Titans]] were present. In many worlds, the constructs went extinct at one point or another, but many others they remain an at least influential race. On a number of important worlds, including [[Earth]], [[Ivarind]], [[Strahdholdt]], [[Seroth]] and [[Yotvia]], humans are one of the dominant races, if not the dominant one. == Biology == Humans are a standard, bipedal [[humanoid]], [[mammalian races|mammalian]] race and on most worlds, they do not differ greatly from [[Earth]] humans, albeit on many worlds ethnicities absent on Earth are present, such as [[Red Martians]] from [[Mars]]. {{Stub}} [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Common races]] [[Category:Mammalian races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] 9b639f0fb05c1c1c72d2b6d0a1cdb89900e65e2c 0 31 58 2016-01-06T23:09:17Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "The '''Elder Things''' are extraversal alien entities native to a dimension known as [[Realms of Madness]]. While many dimensions and planes of existence are considered to be..." wikitext text/x-wiki The '''Elder Things''' are extraversal alien entities native to a dimension known as [[Realms of Madness]]. While many dimensions and planes of existence are considered to be parts of our universe and merely 'layers' of it, these Realms and the creatures native to it are considered to be part of an entirely different universe which laws of physics have no relation to ours. These entities are extremely powerful and are responsible for the [[Titan Apocalypse]] which ended the entire [[Titan]] civilization in [[the Galaxy|our galaxy]] and possibly all other galaxies as well. == Philosophy == It's unknown if the Elder Things have any philosophy that can be expressed with mortal languages, or any philosophy whatsoever, but their mortal worshipers posit a few claims. According to those [[Cults of Madness]], the Elder Things are alien gods that are so incomprehensibly different from us that we cannot ever understand the very basics of their existence, not to speak of their own "beliefs". However, they claim that when the Titans opened the rifts to their dimension, they reacted violently and impulsively "as you would if your garbage spontaneously turned over and started to produce numberless counts of cockroaches". This suggests our universe is as alien to them as theirs is to us and the [[Titan Apocalypse]] was merely a single act of impulsive defense. Followers of the Elder Things see their overwhelming power as a proof of them being the only true [[gods]] to have ever set foot in our universe. Because these gods seek to destroy all life in our universe in an act of disgust, the followers act, covertly or overtly, to further these goals and promote entropy in the universe through murder, wars and disruptive dark magic. == History == History of the Realms of Madness or the native entities is unknown prior to [[Titans]] opening the rifts to their dimension. Once that happened and initial scouting equipment was sent through and appeared to immediately disintegrate upon crossing over, the Titans attempted to close the rifts, unsuccessfully. Hordes of entities crossed over to our universe, although most of them failed to materialize properly and turned into motionless lumps of flesh or other seemingly random materials. The creatures that did materialize, however, were horrific abominations whose physical construction varied from unnerving, to disgusting, to mind-bending in ways it violated basic geometry. The Titans eventually closed the rifts but not until numerous creatures were already in our universe and most of the Titan civilization was destroyed. The aberrations remained lurking in dark places of our universe since then, and the Elder Things made no explicit contact although their influence can corrupt minds of mortals to lose their grip on reality and embrace [[Cults of Madness]] that claim to worship the Elder Things as gods. [[Category:Gods]] [[Category:Factions]] [[Category:Aberrations]] [[Category:Elder Things]] 9f1458a65ce10575b127d2b21156490f17cd3229 69 58 2016-01-07T19:47:37Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki The '''Elder Things''' are extraversal alien entities native to a dimension known as [[Realms of Madness]]. While many dimensions and planes of existence are considered to be parts of our universe and merely 'layers' of it, these Realms and the creatures native to it are considered to be part of an entirely different universe which laws of physics have no relation to ours. These entities are extremely powerful and are responsible for the [[Titan Apocalypse]] which ended the entire [[Titan]] civilization in [[the Galaxy|our galaxy]] and possibly all other galaxies as well. == Name == There is no commonly agreed upon name for these entities. The most common one is ''Elder Things'', which emphasizes their age (allegedly predating our universe) and their bestial nature. Other commonly used names are ''Old Gods'', ''Elder Gods'', ''Outer Gods'', ''Gods of Madness'' or ''Star Gods'', although some of these terms can at other times refer to unrelated entities. == Philosophy == It's unknown if the Elder Things have any philosophy that can be expressed with mortal languages, or any philosophy whatsoever, but their mortal worshipers posit a few claims. According to those [[Cults of Madness]], the Elder Things are alien gods that are so incomprehensibly different from us that we cannot ever understand the very basics of their existence, not to speak of their own "beliefs". However, they claim that when the Titans opened the rifts to their dimension, they reacted violently and impulsively "as you would if your garbage spontaneously turned over and started to produce numberless counts of cockroaches". This suggests our universe is as alien to them as theirs is to us and the [[Titan Apocalypse]] was merely a single act of impulsive defense. Followers of the Elder Things see their overwhelming power as a proof of them being the only true [[gods]] to have ever set foot in our universe. Because these gods seek to destroy all life in our universe in an act of disgust, the followers act, covertly or overtly, to further these goals and promote entropy in the universe through murder, wars and disruptive dark magic. == History == History of the Realms of Madness or the native entities is unknown prior to [[Titans]] opening the rifts to their dimension. Once that happened and initial scouting equipment was sent through and appeared to immediately disintegrate upon crossing over, the Titans attempted to close the rifts, unsuccessfully. Hordes of entities crossed over to our universe, although most of them failed to materialize properly and turned into motionless lumps of flesh or other seemingly random materials. The creatures that did materialize, however, were horrific abominations whose physical construction varied from unnerving, to disgusting, to mind-bending in ways it violated basic geometry. The Titans eventually closed the rifts but not until numerous creatures were already in our universe and most of the Titan civilization was destroyed. The aberrations remained lurking in dark places of our universe since then, and the Elder Things made no explicit contact although their influence can corrupt minds of mortals to lose their grip on reality and embrace [[Cults of Madness]] that claim to worship the Elder Things as gods. [[Category:Gods]] [[Category:Factions]] [[Category:Aberrations]] [[Category:Elder Things]] 8f95f02d66c1f676052d47a0503d0953dac002ff 0 32 59 2016-01-06T23:43:18Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "'''Mars''' is a [[groundling world|groundling]] [[desert world]] in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although now cold and slowly dying, Mars is known to have once been a vibrant, ter..." wikitext text/x-wiki '''Mars''' is a [[groundling world|groundling]] [[desert world]] in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although now cold and slowly dying, Mars is known to have once been a vibrant, terrestrial world and home to an advanced civilization speculated to have had space travel capabilities. Even now, a number of races survive on and below its surface. {{stub}} {{Sol System}} 676e8cf2b88ef956aebca9e890274e745797076e 60 59 2016-01-07T18:47:33Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki '''Mars''' is a [[groundling world|groundling]] [[desert world]] in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although now cold and slowly dying, Mars is known to have once been a vibrant, terrestrial world and home to an advanced civilization speculated to have had space travel capabilities. Even now, a number of races survive on and below its surface. == History == Much like neighboring [[Earth]], Mars was visited by the [[Titans]]. While they left much less creatures and technology, their influence was nevertheless very striking. [[Titan Apocalypse]] has also been less devastating, leaving it in favorable position compared to Earth. Tens of thousands years later, Martian races began developing advanced technology and magic partially based on titanic. Over 15,000 years ago, Mars developed the basics of aether-sailing technology. At the same time, rising civilizations on Earth report seeing mysterious, erratically moving lights. Contemporary Earth civilizations believed life existed only on Earth and took these lights to be natural phenomena or divine messengers. It is more likely these were experimental Martian craft. Despite these technological advances, Mars was politically separated. The exact causes of conflict are unknown, but over 14,800 years ago, the great powers on the planet engaged in a cataclysmic war. The use of weapons of mass destruction, such as [[black smoke]] ravaged the planet and left it a cold, choking desert. A few populations managed to survive through various forms of protection. The reptilian [[Green Martians]] along with their [[Grey Martians|Grey]] allies survived in isolated, underground bunkers. Human [[Red Martians]] protected themselves with magic, although their more technologically inclined states had perished. A number of unprotected Green Martians left on the surface became irradiated and mutated into the creatures known as [[khorak]]s. The hostile scorpid swarms survived by burrowing deep under the surface. Red Martians remained disorganized, but the underground survivors formed the [[Martian Commune]], a totalitarian, collectivist regime. The Commune failed to develop in any way, using their meager resources to barely survive. Now, in 1875 AD, they look at Earth with jealousy and plan to unleash their ancient superweapons in a desperate bid to gain resources to restore their planet. {{stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] 102a563fa949528c514de1b6a0188d7a54ca7f35 14 33 61 2016-01-07T18:51:35Z Verroak 24955056 Created blank page wikitext text/x-wiki da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709 14 34 62 2016-01-07T18:57:13Z Verroak 24955056 Created blank page wikitext text/x-wiki da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709 14 35 63 2016-01-07T18:59:31Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "[[Category:Worlds]]" wikitext text/x-wiki [[Category:Worlds]] 687800a38405bbff1fc0edcf3af7faa0342c7ea7 14 36 64 2016-01-07T19:02:59Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "[[Category:Worlds]]" wikitext text/x-wiki [[Category:Worlds]] 687800a38405bbff1fc0edcf3af7faa0342c7ea7 14 37 65 2016-01-07T19:04:24Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "[[Category:Worlds]]" wikitext text/x-wiki [[Category:Worlds]] 687800a38405bbff1fc0edcf3af7faa0342c7ea7 14 38 66 2016-01-07T19:06:11Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "[[Category:Galactic sectors]]" wikitext text/x-wiki [[Category:Galactic sectors]] 24e91cbf2d7406d04eee4823e12cfac3f57ad72c 14 39 67 2016-01-07T19:07:57Z Verroak 24955056 Created blank page wikitext text/x-wiki da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709 0 40 71 2016-01-07T21:51:29Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "'''Irden Reichs''' is a major galactic civilization originating from planet [[Zvargoff]]. Dominated by [[dwarves]], it is an imperialistic faction with a heavy ideological sla..." wikitext text/x-wiki '''Irden Reichs''' is a major galactic civilization originating from planet [[Zvargoff]]. Dominated by [[dwarves]], it is an imperialistic faction with a heavy ideological slant. Irden Reichs rules a large part of the [[Accords Sector]], with 89 official inhabited member worlds, second in size only to [[Gnadra Confederacy]] with 108 worlds and closely followed by the [[Ard Teach Réalta]] with 87. Although an official member of the [[Gnadra Accords]], its relationship with the other members is somewhat cool due to ideological clashes. However, despite some internal elements seeking conflict with other major civilizations, the Irden Reichs remains peaceful to other members. {{Stub}} [[Category:Factions]] [[Category:Major civilizations]] [[Category:Accords Sector]] [[Category:Irden Reichs]] ae794c5ca556fc8db387e78d9e0f2902475560d5 74 71 2016-01-08T21:40:30Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki '''Irden Reichs''' is a major galactic civilization originating from planet [[Zvargoff]]. Dominated by [[dwarves]], it is an imperialistic faction with a heavy ideological slant. Irden Reichs rules a large part of the [[Accords Sector]], with 89 official inhabited member worlds, second in size only to [[Gnadra Confederacy]] with 108 worlds and closely followed by the [[Ard Teach Réalta]] with 87. Although an official member of the [[Gnadra Accords]], its relationship with the other members is somewhat cool due to ideological clashes. However, despite some internal elements seeking conflict with other major civilizations, the Irden Reichs remains peaceful to other members. == Philosophy == Irden Reichs was built on the basis of the Irden ideology, founded [[989|886 years ago]] on the basis of [[Oserich Altmann]]'s book ''Irden Destiny''. An archaeologist working on a [[Titan]] facility of [[Telekinthus]] on [[Zvargoff]], Altmann claimed to have deciphered the Titan language. Although many of his contemporaries found his research scientifically dubious, the heavy ideological slant of his book found fertile ground in the disenfranchised youth of his era's Zvargoff. Altmann claimed the Titans were representatives of perfect order in the universe, and as creations of the Titans, dwarves (a term he personally hated) should follow that order and do whatever they can to make that perfect plan a reality. Although this ideology doesn't explicitly call Titans [[gods]], in practice the belief in their absolute infallibility gives them a divine authority. The perfect order, as envisioned by Altmann, included every race 'taking its rightful place', as preordained by the Titans. Dwarves were, according to him, meant to be the rulers, soldiers and workers and should only refer to themselves as 'Irden', i.e. 'made of earth' in [[Zvargovian]]. [[Giants]], which were subjects of many centuries of mutual racial hatred on Zvargoff, were supposed to be manual laborers and shock troopers. Every other Titan-made race, many of which were either never present on Zvargoff or extinct by Altmann's time, had its own niches it was supposed to fall into and never stray from. Therefore, Altmann's ideology, allegedly based on the Titans' own designs, segregated entire galactic society, of which Altmann was not aware, into race-based castes. Today, this ideology is used by the Irden to segregate every citizen and subject of their empire. The most contentious - on the galactic theater - point of their ideology is their treatment of non-titanic races. As they do not come from the Titans they do not factor at all into the 'perfect order'. Therefore, as Irden see it, they can be dealt with in any way they see fit. If a 'monster' (Irden word for a non-titanic race) can be particularly useful, it can be used, although a titanic one will always be preferred for the same job. Often non-titanic subjects of the Irden are treated as little more than slaves. Even though officially slavery is illegal in Irden Reichs, their law defines slavery as 'owning people and treating them as property', where non-titanic races do not count as 'people', only 'monsters'. To avoid sanctions from [[Gnadra Accords]], Irden avoid too public or large-scale enslaving of 'monsters', though it is painfully obvious to most observers it is only a facade. {{Stub}} [[Category:Factions]] [[Category:Major civilizations]] [[Category:Accords Sector]] [[Category:Irden Reichs]] 08c16f76029d903232516d6af45e3e4b371fd6d2 0 41 72 2016-01-07T22:06:22Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "'''Gnadra Confederacy''' is a major galactic civilization with a federal government whose official seat lies on the world of [[Gnadra]]. Although most member worlds are domina..." wikitext text/x-wiki '''Gnadra Confederacy''' is a major galactic civilization with a federal government whose official seat lies on the world of [[Gnadra]]. Although most member worlds are dominated by [[gnomes]], leading to the faction being often called a gnomish one, many worlds have large [[human]], [[halfling]] and [[dwarf]] populations. The Confederacy is one of the most technologically and socially advanced civilizations, due to majority of its legislature being occupied by [[tinker gnomes]], though its racial tolerance opens seats not only to [[forest gnomes|forest]] or [[deep gnomes]], but halflings and dwarves as well. Gnadra Confederacy is the largest civilization in the [[Accords Sector]], with 108 official inhabited member worlds, as well as the original proponent and senior partner of the [[Gnadra Accords]]. {{Stub}] [[Category:Factions]] [[Category:Major civilizations]] [[Category:Gnadra Confederacy]] [[Category:Accords Sector]] 6b8b1ef9d38130f38089f7327491fbf4de25d38b 73 72 2016-01-07T22:10:30Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki '''Gnadra Confederacy''' is a major galactic civilization with a federal government whose official seat lies on the world of [[Gnadra]]. Although most member worlds are dominated by [[gnomes]], leading to the faction being often called a gnomish one, many worlds have large [[human]], [[halfling]] and [[dwarf]] populations. The Confederacy is one of the most technologically and socially advanced civilizations, due to majority of its legislature being occupied by [[tinker gnomes]], though its racial tolerance opens seats not only to [[forest gnomes|forest]] or [[deep gnomes]], but halflings and dwarves as well. Gnadra Confederacy is the largest civilization in the [[Accords Sector]], with 108 official inhabited member worlds, as well as the original proponent and senior partner of the [[Gnadra Accords]]. {{Stub}} [[Category:Factions]] [[Category:Major civilizations]] [[Category:Gnadra Confederacy]] [[Category:Accords Sector]] 2f39691749e50de21d1d3fa8e059a7e17800fcd3 0 40 75 74 2016-01-08T22:28:02Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki '''Irden Reichs''' is a major galactic civilization originating from planet [[Zvargoff]]. Dominated by [[dwarves]], it is an imperialistic faction with a heavy ideological slant. Irden Reichs rules a large part of the [[Accords Sector]], with 89 official inhabited member worlds, second in size only to [[Gnadra Confederacy]] with 108 worlds and closely followed by the [[Ard Teach Réalta]] with 87. Although an official member of the [[Gnadra Accords]], its relationship with the other members is somewhat cool due to ideological clashes. However, despite some internal elements seeking conflict with other major civilizations, the Irden Reichs remains peaceful to other members. == Philosophy == Irden Reichs was built on the basis of the Irden ideology, founded [[989|886 years ago]] on the basis of [[Oserich Altmann]]'s book ''Irden Destiny''. An archaeologist working on a [[Titan]] facility of [[Telekinthus]] on [[Zvargoff]], Altmann claimed to have deciphered the Titan language. Although many of his contemporaries found his research scientifically dubious, the heavy ideological slant of his book found fertile ground in the disenfranchised youth of his era's Zvargoff. Altmann claimed the Titans were representatives of perfect order in the universe, and as creations of the Titans, dwarves (a term he personally hated) should follow that order and do whatever they can to make that perfect plan a reality. Although this ideology doesn't explicitly call Titans [[gods]], in practice the belief in their absolute infallibility gives them a divine authority. The perfect order, as envisioned by Altmann, included every race 'taking its rightful place', as preordained by the Titans. Dwarves were, according to him, meant to be the rulers, soldiers and workers and should only refer to themselves as 'Irden', i.e. 'made of earth' in [[Zvargovian]]. [[Giants]], which were subjects of many centuries of mutual racial hatred on Zvargoff, were supposed to be manual laborers and shock troopers. Every other Titan-made race, many of which were either never present on Zvargoff or extinct by Altmann's time, had its own niches it was supposed to fall into and never stray from. Therefore, Altmann's ideology, allegedly based on the Titans' own designs, segregated entire galactic society, of which Altmann was not aware, into race-based castes. Today, this ideology is used by the Irden to segregate every citizen and subject of their empire. The most contentious - on the galactic theater - point of their ideology is their treatment of non-titanic races. As they do not come from the Titans they do not factor at all into the 'perfect order'. Therefore, as Irden see it, they can be dealt with in any way they see fit. If a 'monster' (Irden word for a non-titanic race) can be particularly useful, it can be used, although a titanic one will always be preferred for the same job. Often non-titanic subjects of the Irden are treated as little more than slaves. Even though officially slavery is illegal in Irden Reichs, their law defines slavery as 'owning people and treating them as property', where non-titanic races do not count as 'people', only 'monsters'. To avoid sanctions from [[Gnadra Accords]], Irden avoid too public or large-scale enslaving of 'monsters', though it is painfully obvious to most observers it is only a facade. == History == === Background === :: ''Main article: [[Zvargoff#History]]'' Irden Reichs arose on [[Zvargoff]] which had a long history of [[giant]] domination. Over 3500 years ago, all of the dominant races were various kinds of giants and the world was known as [[Tyrinsal]]. Dwarves and other smaller races were seen as lesser species and were viciously persecuted, up to and including cannibalism. Approximately 3300 years ago, a revolution arose among Tyrinsal's dwarves, led by a semi-legendary hero [[Buri the Giantslayer]] and after his death, [[Sons of Buri]]. The violent revolution turned Tyrinsal's social order upside down, exterminating most of the giants and placing the dwarves on top. === Rise of Irden ideology === Thousands of years later, Zvargoff was divided between various kingdoms and republics with little common identity and giant enslavement merely a distant historical era. It was then, around 900 years ago, that one particular dwarven supremacist and archaeologist, [[Oserich Altmann]], became known for trying to piece together the original [[Titan language]]. While most attempted to translate the Titan inscriptions using what was known of Giant languages, he remained steadfast in the belief that dwarves are the chosen creations of the Titans. In this era, a gigantophilic movement arose, feeling the genocide of the giants was a mistake and seeking reparations for the former overlords of Zvargoff. Altmann staunchly opposed that stance, seeing giants as usurpers from the start. He finally translated some version of Titan inscriptions in the ruins of [[Telekinthus]] and came up with the now famous verse describing “the earthen” (or Irden) as rightful inheritors of the world. He published his findings in the now-revered ''[[Irden Destiny]]'' book. Although at the time his translations were widely disputed and his contemporaries brought attention to multiple dubious leaps of logic Altmann made, Irden Destiny sparked the imagination of thousands of young dwarves and a new movement was born. In the following century, many Irden parties and local movements sprang all across Zvargoff, demanding recognition of ideologies espoused by Altmann in Irden Destiny and his later, even more propaganda-laden books. Although many governments tried to show some good-will towards these movements, the disagreements soon turned to violence when the first militant Irden circles attempted to take over their nations. Over the next thirty years, persecution of the radical Irden movement caused civil wars all across Zvargoff. [[1102|773 years ago]], [[Union of True Irden Power]] finally succeeded at toppling a local government in [[Harz]] and established an absolute monarchy, with a king claiming descent from [[Buri]]’s son, [[Vay]]. Over the following fifty years, more governments were brutally toppled. [[1159|716 years ago]], all the Irden kings met in [[Telekinthus]] with the remaining non-Irden leaders to unite most of Zvargoff under the rule of one Kaiser, ruling from Harz. === Interstellar Empire === The newly-formed Irden Reichs began tightening its grip on Zvargoff and making sure [[giant]]s stayed in their isolated reserves, or using them as shock troops against the few opposing forces. Irden archaeologists continued [[Oserich Altmann]]’s work on deciphering the Titan language and at this era, they finally completed one of the devices for which blueprints Oserich found in Telekinthus – an aether-traversing engine that allowed Irden to leave Zvargoff and bypass the vast swathes of empty space to quickly get to other worlds. Using this and other new technology reverse-engineered from Titan technology, Irden caused an industrial revolution that saw their numbers quickly boom. Irden began spreading to other, unoccupied worlds in their system, always looking for trace of the Titans, believing them to be responsible for all order in the universe. In thirty years, Irden were beginning to colonize nearby worlds, paying little heed to previous inhabitants. Non-Titanic creatures were seen as little more than beasts and monsters. If it didn’t have a place in the Titanic Order, as deciphered by Oserich Altmann, it had no humanoid rights. When they found remains of sphinxes on an arid, unpopulated world now known as [[Lamienheim]], they found first proof of the fabled creatures from Altmann’s writings and became even more convinced of their Titanic Order. Their expansion continued until, [[1235|640 years ago]], they found the world of [[Gnegav]], dominated by a race of religious [[tinker gnomes]] (with fairly low-level of technology for tinker [[gnomes]]). [[Gnegvi]]s were allowed entry into the Irden Reichs, although they found little attraction in the ideology which gave them the position of inventors at best and menial laborers at worst. The two factions parted peaceably, for a time. For the following twenty years, at Irden insistence, Irden citizens were allowed to settle on [[Gnegav]]. Because of the world’s abundance of natural resources such as wood, coal and very nutritious fauna, soon dwarves began swarming Gnegav and quickly straining the ecosystem. Having great respect for nature, seeing its balance as very important in [[The Light|Light]]’s demands for them, they demanded the Irden government to rein in their citizens. Unhappy with the turn of events, Kaiser ordered a provocation where a few gnomes working for them attacked Irden citizens of Gnegav, justifying Irden’s declaration of war. In a [[Gnegav War|brief war]] where Gnegav’s towns and temples were bombed from orbit or invaded by troops dropped from orbit, the gnomes had to surrender after just a few months. As Irden continued to explore space, they also decided to put the [[Gnegvi]] “where they belonged as [[gnome]]s”. The great temples of Gnegav were destroyed or turned into civilian facilities and the gnomish race was put into diaspora all across the Reichs, where they were refused most jobs that weren’t involved in engineering, manual labor or economy. Despite that decentralization, Gnegvi managed to maintain a level of their own identity, united by their religion, practiced in the seclusion of their homes or led in small prayer circles by the local priests. One other populous subject race of the Irden are Yotvian [[human]]s. Their homeworld of [[Yotvia]] was shaken by an ancient cataclysm and became barely habitable. The [[Elder Things]]' curse had more drastic effects on the locals, leading the dominant race of humans to have flaps of loose skin around their body, leading to many comparisons between them and pugs or other similar breeds of dogs. Because Yotvia was disorganized, with no central authority, the Irden began simply colonizing it. A few Yotvian groups opposed them for a short time but in a series of short, brutal wars most of those groups were summarily destroyed. Afterwards, Yotvians were incorporated into the Titanic Order as humans, serving mostly as soldiers and personal servants of dwarven nobles. The Irden met other major members of the galactic community shortly before the emergence of the [[Xa'tac]] over 450 years ago. For that brief period, the antagonism between the Irden and other factions was rising quickly, with the [[Gnadra Confederacy|Gnadra]] and some other powers gearing for potential war. It was then that the Xa’tac struck, forcing everyone to divert their attention to the new, active threat. Over the course of the war and its final conclusion at the hands of the unified alliance of sentient races of the sector, the Irden worked out a sense of cooperation with the other powers. When the [[Gnadra Accords]] were first signed [[1458|417 years ago]], the Irden happily joined this community, seeing more prospect for expansion in the unclaimed and mostly uncivilized sectors, as opposed to tangling with factions that could actually damage their own planets. Although this situation continues to this day, the Irden are distrusted because of their fanatical devotion to the Titanic Order, which sees all their allies “rightful places” as either servants or enemies to be destroyed. Although the Kaiser and his [[Reichstag]] have always voted for cooperation for centuries, there are growing dissident voices that want confrontation and “[[Final Ordering]]” for the whole [[Galaxy]]. Irden and Gnadra have both very active spy rings which constantly make sure the other isn’t a threat. This animosity manifests in popular culture of both states, with Gnadra-made popular [[Simulatron|combat simulator]] including Irden as an enemy faction together with [[Xa'tac]] and [[Elder Things]], and in Irden politics where a radical faction openly agitates for the Final Ordering and promises to put it in action if they’re voted into office (even though such final decision would belong to the Kaiser). {{Stub}} [[Category:Factions]] [[Category:Major civilizations]] [[Category:Accords Sector]] [[Category:Irden Reichs]] fa8613d2ae34aa2388820c648cf9af884482055a 76 75 2016-01-08T22:28:59Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki '''Irden Reichs''' is a major galactic civilization originating from planet [[Zvargoff]]. Dominated by [[dwarves]], it is an imperialistic faction with a heavy ideological slant. Irden Reichs rules a large part of the [[Accords Sector]], with 89 official inhabited member worlds, second in size only to [[Gnadra Confederacy]] with 108 worlds and closely followed by the [[Ard Teach Réalta]] with 87. Although an official member of the [[Gnadra Accords]], its relationship with the other members is somewhat cool due to ideological clashes. However, despite some internal elements seeking conflict with other major civilizations, the Irden Reichs remains peaceful to other members. == Philosophy == Irden Reichs was built on the basis of the Irden ideology, founded [[989|886 years ago]] on the basis of [[Oserich Altmann]]'s book ''Irden Destiny''. An archaeologist working on a [[Titan]] facility of [[Telekinthus]] on [[Zvargoff]], Altmann claimed to have deciphered the Titan language. Although many of his contemporaries found his research scientifically dubious, the heavy ideological slant of his book found fertile ground in the disenfranchised youth of his era's Zvargoff. Altmann claimed the Titans were representatives of perfect order in the universe, and as creations of the Titans, dwarves (a term he personally hated) should follow that order and do whatever they can to make that perfect plan a reality. Although this ideology doesn't explicitly call Titans [[gods]], in practice the belief in their absolute infallibility gives them a divine authority. The perfect order, as envisioned by Altmann, included every race 'taking its rightful place', as preordained by the Titans. Dwarves were, according to him, meant to be the rulers, soldiers and workers and should only refer to themselves as 'Irden', i.e. 'made of earth' in [[Zvargovian]]. [[Giants]], which were subjects of many centuries of mutual racial hatred on Zvargoff, were supposed to be manual laborers and shock troopers. Every other Titan-made race, many of which were either never present on Zvargoff or extinct by Altmann's time, had its own niches it was supposed to fall into and never stray from. Therefore, Altmann's ideology, allegedly based on the Titans' own designs, segregated entire galactic society, of which Altmann was not aware, into race-based castes. Today, this ideology is used by the Irden to segregate every citizen and subject of their empire. The most contentious - on the galactic theater - point of their ideology is their treatment of non-titanic races. As they do not come from the Titans they do not factor at all into the 'perfect order'. Therefore, as Irden see it, they can be dealt with in any way they see fit. If a 'monster' (Irden word for a non-titanic race) can be particularly useful, it can be used, although a titanic one will always be preferred for the same job. Often non-titanic subjects of the Irden are treated as little more than slaves. Even though officially slavery is illegal in Irden Reichs, their law defines slavery as 'owning people and treating them as property', where non-titanic races do not count as 'people', only 'monsters'. To avoid sanctions from [[Gnadra Accords]], Irden avoid too public or large-scale enslaving of 'monsters', though it is painfully obvious to most observers it is only a facade. == History == === Background === :: ''Main article: [[Zvargoff#History]]'' Irden Reichs arose on [[Zvargoff]] which had a long history of [[giant]] domination. Over 3500 years ago, all of the dominant races were various kinds of giants and the world was known as [[Tyrinsal]]. Dwarves and other smaller races were seen as lesser species and were viciously persecuted, up to and including cannibalism. Approximately 3300 years ago, a revolution arose among Tyrinsal's dwarves, led by a semi-legendary hero [[Buri the Giantslayer]] and after his death, [[Sons of Buri]]. The violent revolution turned Tyrinsal's social order upside down, exterminating most of the giants and placing the dwarves on top. === Rise of Irden ideology === Thousands of years later, Zvargoff was divided between various kingdoms and republics with little common identity and giant enslavement merely a distant historical era. It was then, around 900 years ago, that one particular dwarven supremacist and archaeologist, [[Oserich Altmann]], became known for trying to piece together the original [[Titan language]]. While most attempted to translate the Titan inscriptions using what was known of Giant languages, he remained steadfast in the belief that dwarves are the chosen creations of the Titans. In this era, a gigantophilic movement arose, feeling the genocide of the giants was a mistake and seeking reparations for the former overlords of Zvargoff. Altmann staunchly opposed that stance, seeing giants as usurpers from the start. He finally translated some version of Titan inscriptions in the ruins of [[Telekinthus]] and came up with the now famous verse describing “the earthen” (or Irden) as rightful inheritors of the world. He published his findings in the now-revered ''[[Irden Destiny]]'' book. Although at the time his translations were widely disputed and his contemporaries brought attention to multiple dubious leaps of logic Altmann made, Irden Destiny sparked the imagination of thousands of young dwarves and a new movement was born. In the following century, many Irden parties and local movements sprang all across Zvargoff, demanding recognition of ideologies espoused by Altmann in Irden Destiny and his later, even more propaganda-laden books. Although many governments tried to show some good-will towards these movements, the disagreements soon turned to violence when the first militant Irden circles attempted to take over their nations. Over the next thirty years, persecution of the radical Irden movement caused civil wars all across Zvargoff. [[1102|773 years ago]], [[Union of True Irden Power]] finally succeeded at toppling a local government in [[Harz]] and established an absolute monarchy, with a king claiming descent from [[Buri]]’s son, [[Vay]]. Over the following fifty years, more governments were brutally toppled. [[1159|716 years ago]], all the Irden kings met in [[Telekinthus]] with the remaining non-Irden leaders to unite most of Zvargoff under the rule of one Kaiser, ruling from Harz. === Interstellar Empire === The newly-formed Irden Reichs began tightening its grip on Zvargoff and making sure [[giant]]s stayed in their isolated reserves, or using them as shock troops against the few opposing forces. Irden archaeologists continued [[Oserich Altmann]]’s work on deciphering the Titan language and at this era, they finally completed one of the devices for which blueprints Oserich found in Telekinthus – an aether-traversing engine that allowed Irden to leave Zvargoff and bypass the vast swathes of empty space to quickly get to other worlds. Using this and other new technology reverse-engineered from Titan technology, Irden caused an industrial revolution that saw their numbers quickly boom. Irden began spreading to other, unoccupied worlds in their system, always looking for trace of the Titans, believing them to be responsible for all order in the universe. In thirty years, Irden were beginning to colonize nearby worlds, paying little heed to previous inhabitants. Non-Titanic creatures were seen as little more than beasts and monsters. If it didn’t have a place in the Titanic Order, as deciphered by Oserich Altmann, it had no humanoid rights. When they found remains of sphinxes on an arid, unpopulated world now known as [[Lamienheim]], they found first proof of the fabled creatures from Altmann’s writings and became even more convinced of their Titanic Order. Their expansion continued until, [[1235|640 years ago]], they found the world of [[Gnegav]], dominated by a race of religious [[tinker gnomes]] (with fairly low-level of technology for tinker [[gnomes]]). [[Gnegvi]]s were allowed entry into the Irden Reichs, although they found little attraction in the ideology which gave them the position of inventors at best and menial laborers at worst. The two factions parted peaceably, for a time. For the following twenty years, at Irden insistence, Irden citizens were allowed to settle on [[Gnegav]]. Because of the world’s abundance of natural resources such as wood, coal and very nutritious fauna, soon dwarves began swarming Gnegav and quickly straining the ecosystem. Having great respect for nature, seeing its balance as very important in [[The Light|Light]]’s demands for them, they demanded the Irden government to rein in their citizens. Unhappy with the turn of events, Kaiser ordered a provocation where a few gnomes working for them attacked Irden citizens of Gnegav, justifying Irden’s declaration of war. In a [[Gnegav War|brief war]] where Gnegav’s towns and temples were bombed from orbit or invaded by troops dropped from orbit, the gnomes had to surrender after just a few months. As Irden continued to explore space, they also decided to put the [[Gnegvi]] “where they belonged as [[gnome]]s”. The great temples of Gnegav were destroyed or turned into civilian facilities and the gnomish race was put into diaspora all across the Reichs, where they were refused most jobs that weren’t involved in engineering, manual labor or economy. Despite that decentralization, Gnegvi managed to maintain a level of their own identity, united by their religion, practiced in the seclusion of their homes or led in small prayer circles by the local priests. One other populous subject race of the Irden are Yotvian [[human]]s. Their homeworld of [[Yotvia]] was shaken by an ancient cataclysm and became barely habitable. The [[Elder Things]]' curse had more drastic effects on the locals, leading the dominant race of humans to have flaps of loose skin around their body, leading to many comparisons between them and pugs or other similar breeds of dogs. Because Yotvia was disorganized, with no central authority, the Irden began simply colonizing it. A few Yotvian groups opposed them for a short time but in a series of short, brutal wars most of those groups were summarily destroyed. Afterwards, Yotvians were incorporated into the Titanic Order as humans, serving mostly as soldiers and personal servants of dwarven nobles. === Joining the Galactic Community === The Irden met other major members of the galactic community shortly before the emergence of the [[Xa'tac]] over 450 years ago. For that brief period, the antagonism between the Irden and other factions was rising quickly, with the [[Gnadra Confederacy|Gnadra]] and some other powers gearing for potential war. It was then that the Xa’tac struck, forcing everyone to divert their attention to the new, active threat. Over the course of the war and its final conclusion at the hands of the unified alliance of sentient races of the sector, the Irden worked out a sense of cooperation with the other powers. When the [[Gnadra Accords]] were first signed [[1458|417 years ago]], the Irden happily joined this community, seeing more prospect for expansion in the unclaimed and mostly uncivilized sectors, as opposed to tangling with factions that could actually damage their own planets. Although this situation continues to this day, the Irden are distrusted because of their fanatical devotion to the Titanic Order, which sees all their allies “rightful places” as either servants or enemies to be destroyed. Although the Kaiser and his [[Reichstag]] have always voted for cooperation for centuries, there are growing dissident voices that want confrontation and “[[Final Ordering]]” for the whole [[Galaxy]]. Irden and Gnadra have both very active spy rings which constantly make sure the other isn’t a threat. This animosity manifests in popular culture of both states, with Gnadra-made popular [[Simulatron|combat simulator]] including Irden as an enemy faction together with [[Xa'tac]] and [[Elder Things]], and in Irden politics where a radical faction openly agitates for the Final Ordering and promises to put it in action if they’re voted into office (even though such final decision would belong to the Kaiser). {{Stub}} [[Category:Factions]] [[Category:Major civilizations]] [[Category:Accords Sector]] [[Category:Irden Reichs]] 917f932c8f67a231320cfd913793219a975cd98a 87 76 2016-01-14T20:45:05Z Verroak 24955056 /* Philosophy */ wikitext text/x-wiki '''Irden Reichs''' is a major galactic civilization originating from planet [[Zvargoff]]. Dominated by [[dwarves]], it is an imperialistic faction with a heavy ideological slant. Irden Reichs rules a large part of the [[Accords Sector]], with 89 official inhabited member worlds, second in size only to [[Gnadra Confederacy]] with 108 worlds and closely followed by the [[Ard Teach Réalta]] with 87. Although an official member of the [[Gnadra Accords]], its relationship with the other members is somewhat cool due to ideological clashes. However, despite some internal elements seeking conflict with other major civilizations, the Irden Reichs remains peaceful to other members. == Philosophy == Irden Reichs was built on the basis of the Irden ideology, founded [[989|886 years ago]] on the basis of [[Oserich Altmann]]'s book ''Irden Destiny''. An archaeologist working on a [[Titan]] facility of [[Telekinthus]] on [[Zvargoff]], Altmann claimed to have deciphered the Titan language. Although many of his contemporaries found his research scientifically dubious, the heavy ideological slant of his book found fertile ground in the disenfranchised youth of his era's Zvargoff. Altmann claimed the Titans were representatives of perfect order in the universe, and as creations of the Titans, dwarves (a term he personally hated) should follow that order and do whatever they can to make that perfect plan a reality. Although this ideology doesn't explicitly call Titans [[gods]], in practice the belief in their absolute infallibility gives them a divine authority. The perfect order, as envisioned by Altmann, included every race 'taking its rightful place', as preordained by the Titans. Dwarves were, according to him, meant to be the rulers, soldiers and workers and should only refer to themselves as 'Irden', i.e. 'made of earth' in [[Zvargovian]]. [[Giants]], which were subjects of many centuries of mutual racial hatred on Zvargoff, were supposed to be manual laborers and shock troopers. Every other Titan-made race, many of which were either never present on Zvargoff or extinct by Altmann's time, had its own niches it was supposed to fall into and never stray from. Therefore, Altmann's ideology, allegedly based on the Titans' own designs, segregated entire galactic society, of which Altmann was not aware, into race-based castes. Today, this ideology is used by the Irden to segregate every citizen and subject of their empire. The most contentious - on the galactic theater - point of their ideology is their treatment of non-titanic races. As they do not come from the Titans they do not factor at all into the 'perfect order'. Therefore, as Irden see it, they can be dealt with in any way they see fit. If a 'monster' (Irden word for a non-titanic race) can be particularly useful, it can be used, although a titanic one will always be preferred for the same job. Often non-titanic subjects of the Irden are treated as little more than slaves. Even though officially slavery is illegal in Irden Reichs, their law defines slavery as 'owning people and treating them as property', where non-titanic races do not count as 'people', only 'monsters'. To avoid sanctions from [[Gnadra Accords]], Irden avoid too public or large-scale enslaving of 'monsters', though it is painfully obvious to most observers it is only a facade. In everyday life, an Irden's most important values are duty and hard work. Passion is frowned upon, per Altmann's third book, ''Arbata den Titanen'', "passion is the death of duty'. Irden are supposed to follow their orders and work hard to fulfill them to their best. Wives are supposed to obey their husbands, who they were arranged to marry by their fathers. Extramarital affairs are punishable by jail time for breaking one's duty, and bachelors pay a special tax for not having a wife. == History == === Background === :: ''Main article: [[Zvargoff#History]]'' Irden Reichs arose on [[Zvargoff]] which had a long history of [[giant]] domination. Over 3500 years ago, all of the dominant races were various kinds of giants and the world was known as [[Tyrinsal]]. Dwarves and other smaller races were seen as lesser species and were viciously persecuted, up to and including cannibalism. Approximately 3300 years ago, a revolution arose among Tyrinsal's dwarves, led by a semi-legendary hero [[Buri the Giantslayer]] and after his death, [[Sons of Buri]]. The violent revolution turned Tyrinsal's social order upside down, exterminating most of the giants and placing the dwarves on top. === Rise of Irden ideology === Thousands of years later, Zvargoff was divided between various kingdoms and republics with little common identity and giant enslavement merely a distant historical era. It was then, around 900 years ago, that one particular dwarven supremacist and archaeologist, [[Oserich Altmann]], became known for trying to piece together the original [[Titan language]]. While most attempted to translate the Titan inscriptions using what was known of Giant languages, he remained steadfast in the belief that dwarves are the chosen creations of the Titans. In this era, a gigantophilic movement arose, feeling the genocide of the giants was a mistake and seeking reparations for the former overlords of Zvargoff. Altmann staunchly opposed that stance, seeing giants as usurpers from the start. He finally translated some version of Titan inscriptions in the ruins of [[Telekinthus]] and came up with the now famous verse describing “the earthen” (or Irden) as rightful inheritors of the world. He published his findings in the now-revered ''[[Irden Destiny]]'' book. Although at the time his translations were widely disputed and his contemporaries brought attention to multiple dubious leaps of logic Altmann made, Irden Destiny sparked the imagination of thousands of young dwarves and a new movement was born. In the following century, many Irden parties and local movements sprang all across Zvargoff, demanding recognition of ideologies espoused by Altmann in Irden Destiny and his later, even more propaganda-laden books. Although many governments tried to show some good-will towards these movements, the disagreements soon turned to violence when the first militant Irden circles attempted to take over their nations. Over the next thirty years, persecution of the radical Irden movement caused civil wars all across Zvargoff. [[1102|773 years ago]], [[Union of True Irden Power]] finally succeeded at toppling a local government in [[Harz]] and established an absolute monarchy, with a king claiming descent from [[Buri]]’s son, [[Vay]]. Over the following fifty years, more governments were brutally toppled. [[1159|716 years ago]], all the Irden kings met in [[Telekinthus]] with the remaining non-Irden leaders to unite most of Zvargoff under the rule of one Kaiser, ruling from Harz. === Interstellar Empire === The newly-formed Irden Reichs began tightening its grip on Zvargoff and making sure [[giant]]s stayed in their isolated reserves, or using them as shock troops against the few opposing forces. Irden archaeologists continued [[Oserich Altmann]]’s work on deciphering the Titan language and at this era, they finally completed one of the devices for which blueprints Oserich found in Telekinthus – an aether-traversing engine that allowed Irden to leave Zvargoff and bypass the vast swathes of empty space to quickly get to other worlds. Using this and other new technology reverse-engineered from Titan technology, Irden caused an industrial revolution that saw their numbers quickly boom. Irden began spreading to other, unoccupied worlds in their system, always looking for trace of the Titans, believing them to be responsible for all order in the universe. In thirty years, Irden were beginning to colonize nearby worlds, paying little heed to previous inhabitants. Non-Titanic creatures were seen as little more than beasts and monsters. If it didn’t have a place in the Titanic Order, as deciphered by Oserich Altmann, it had no humanoid rights. When they found remains of sphinxes on an arid, unpopulated world now known as [[Lamienheim]], they found first proof of the fabled creatures from Altmann’s writings and became even more convinced of their Titanic Order. Their expansion continued until, [[1235|640 years ago]], they found the world of [[Gnegav]], dominated by a race of religious [[tinker gnomes]] (with fairly low-level of technology for tinker [[gnomes]]). [[Gnegvi]]s were allowed entry into the Irden Reichs, although they found little attraction in the ideology which gave them the position of inventors at best and menial laborers at worst. The two factions parted peaceably, for a time. For the following twenty years, at Irden insistence, Irden citizens were allowed to settle on [[Gnegav]]. Because of the world’s abundance of natural resources such as wood, coal and very nutritious fauna, soon dwarves began swarming Gnegav and quickly straining the ecosystem. Having great respect for nature, seeing its balance as very important in [[The Light|Light]]’s demands for them, they demanded the Irden government to rein in their citizens. Unhappy with the turn of events, Kaiser ordered a provocation where a few gnomes working for them attacked Irden citizens of Gnegav, justifying Irden’s declaration of war. In a [[Gnegav War|brief war]] where Gnegav’s towns and temples were bombed from orbit or invaded by troops dropped from orbit, the gnomes had to surrender after just a few months. As Irden continued to explore space, they also decided to put the [[Gnegvi]] “where they belonged as [[gnome]]s”. The great temples of Gnegav were destroyed or turned into civilian facilities and the gnomish race was put into diaspora all across the Reichs, where they were refused most jobs that weren’t involved in engineering, manual labor or economy. Despite that decentralization, Gnegvi managed to maintain a level of their own identity, united by their religion, practiced in the seclusion of their homes or led in small prayer circles by the local priests. One other populous subject race of the Irden are Yotvian [[human]]s. Their homeworld of [[Yotvia]] was shaken by an ancient cataclysm and became barely habitable. The [[Elder Things]]' curse had more drastic effects on the locals, leading the dominant race of humans to have flaps of loose skin around their body, leading to many comparisons between them and pugs or other similar breeds of dogs. Because Yotvia was disorganized, with no central authority, the Irden began simply colonizing it. A few Yotvian groups opposed them for a short time but in a series of short, brutal wars most of those groups were summarily destroyed. Afterwards, Yotvians were incorporated into the Titanic Order as humans, serving mostly as soldiers and personal servants of dwarven nobles. === Joining the Galactic Community === The Irden met other major members of the galactic community shortly before the emergence of the [[Xa'tac]] over 450 years ago. For that brief period, the antagonism between the Irden and other factions was rising quickly, with the [[Gnadra Confederacy|Gnadra]] and some other powers gearing for potential war. It was then that the Xa’tac struck, forcing everyone to divert their attention to the new, active threat. Over the course of the war and its final conclusion at the hands of the unified alliance of sentient races of the sector, the Irden worked out a sense of cooperation with the other powers. When the [[Gnadra Accords]] were first signed [[1458|417 years ago]], the Irden happily joined this community, seeing more prospect for expansion in the unclaimed and mostly uncivilized sectors, as opposed to tangling with factions that could actually damage their own planets. Although this situation continues to this day, the Irden are distrusted because of their fanatical devotion to the Titanic Order, which sees all their allies “rightful places” as either servants or enemies to be destroyed. Although the Kaiser and his [[Reichstag]] have always voted for cooperation for centuries, there are growing dissident voices that want confrontation and “[[Final Ordering]]” for the whole [[Galaxy]]. Irden and Gnadra have both very active spy rings which constantly make sure the other isn’t a threat. This animosity manifests in popular culture of both states, with Gnadra-made popular [[Simulatron|combat simulator]] including Irden as an enemy faction together with [[Xa'tac]] and [[Elder Things]], and in Irden politics where a radical faction openly agitates for the Final Ordering and promises to put it in action if they’re voted into office (even though such final decision would belong to the Kaiser). {{Stub}} [[Category:Factions]] [[Category:Major civilizations]] [[Category:Accords Sector]] [[Category:Irden Reichs]] 048306cf8ca3b22f4187165b8b498ff717f1040c 0 4 77 68 2016-01-09T21:18:24Z Verroak 24955056 /* Geography */ wikitext text/x-wiki '''Earth''' or '''Terra''' is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although most of the galactic community doesn't realize it, it was the first world [[Titans]] visited and colonized in [[the Galaxy]]. Before the Titans disappeared, it housed a large number of [[Titan facilities]], including famous ones in [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]] and [[Mu]] (also known as [[R'lyeh]]). After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], a number of native and [[Titanic races|Titan-implanted races]] fought for domination, culminating in a cataclysm that destroyed most of them and paved the way for [[human]] dominance of Earth. Up to [[1875|present day]] Earth has very little knowledge of outer space, aether-sailing or other cultures out there, but the sporadic alien visits are making it slowly realize they are not alone in the universe. Earth has no formal diplomatic relationship with any [[Gnadra Accords]] signatories, making contact and trade with it extremely rare. == History == === Titan Era === Around 100,000 years ago, Earth was a primitive world inhabited by a few sentient races, most of which are nearly or completely extinct by 1875 AD. What those races were is unknown, but we know among them were [[trolls]], [[naga]] and a race of large simians called “[[girallons]]” by modern day humans. Even the naga of that age were mostly resembling other worlds’ [[naga aberration |aberration class naga]], being far more serpent-like than any half-human-looking modern day naga. In that ancient era, the [[Titans]] arrived to the [[Milky Way]] from [[NGC 1532|another galaxy]] and for unknown reasons, decided to take Earth as their capital for this galaxy. They built a series of large complexes which may have been facilities or towns, or both. The names Titans had for those complexes cannot be deciphered to this day but are currently known after the names of later places nearby. They are [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Thule]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]], [[Tunguska]], [[Jeju (Titan)|Jeju]], [[Shangri-La (Titan)|Shangri-La]], [[Lemuria]], [[Mu]], [[Aztlan]], [[Palenque]] and [[El Dorado]], as well as [[Antarctic Titan facility|another complex]] in [[the Antarctic]], of which 1875 humans know only from maps uncovered in Titan artifacts. For thousands of years, Titans were assisted in their endeavors by uncountable numbers of stone and metal golems of various forms. From Earth, Titans spread across the Galaxy and explored many planets that would at a later point bear intelligent life. Living in a utopian, post-singularity society, Titans avoided leaving a large blueprint on Earth, as settling it was never their primary goal. Unfortunately, around 77,000 years ago, their tireless pursuit of science led to them opening a portal to another dimension, home of the [[Elder Things]], gods of chaos and madness from beyond our universe. One of these creatures, known as [[Cthulhu]], emerged on Earth and cursed the Titan stone golems into flesh creatures to more easily corrupt their minds and turn them against the Titans. [[Titan Apocalypse|The cataclysm]] spread all across the Galaxy, wiping out most of the Titans. Some of the remaining survivors devised a plan that ultimately sealed off the alien beings back in their dimension. Even though the portals couldn't be destroyed completely, they were sealed with powerful technology and enchantments, with the one holding Cthulhu being located in the [[Mu]] facility, now known as R’lyeh. What happened to the remaining Titans after that is unknown, as they vanish from record at the same time as the Elder Things. === Age of Atlantis === Earth was left behind for the now fleshy descendants of the Titans' former golem servitors, among them humans, [[dwarves]], [[sphinx]]es and [[oni]]. In the following millennia, a scramble for the remains of Titan technology began, with many races recovering various tiny pieces of their knowledge. Based on those scraps of technology and magic, many new civilizations arose, eventually culminating in a period known as Age of Atlantis. Over 15,000 years ago, humans lived on only a relatively small piece of Earth, most of the planet occupied by other races, some of Titanic and some of native origin. As the former golems were still remembered as invaders and usurpers to the native races, mutual hatred arose. Even the Titanic races couldn’t work together, leading to an early period of war and chaos. During this era, the [[demon]] king [[Mara]] took one of his first mortal incarnations as the oni warlord [[Raijin]]. His most famous contemporaries were the human [[Atlas]], the founder of [[Atlantis]] and the sphinx [[Hapi]] whose image would later be worshiped as a god by the [[Egyptians]]. Eventually, a small number of powerful civilizations arose, among them the human [[Atlantis]], competing with the [[elves|elven]], sphinx and oni nations across the globe. Atlantis became a despotic, corrupt state that shunned everything non-human and sought to wipe out every non-human from Earth. Around 12,000 years ago, they uncovered a [[Atlantis superweapon|Titan superweapon]] in the ruins of the original Atlantis and attempted to use it. Whether due to their incompetence or elven sabotage, or even intended use, the weapon severely backfired and caused a [[Fall of Atlantis|global catastrophe]] that reshaped Earth. Most of the non-humans were wiped out as intended, although Atlantis itself was shattered and thrown to the bottom of the ocean. === The Hyperborean Age === Majority of the human race evacuated Atlantis in time and invaded [[Europe]] and [[Africa]], taking over the remains of elven and sphinx civilizations, eventually taking on some cultural traits of theirs. Soon afterwards, they spread into [[Asia]] where they adapted the oni and naga ruins for their own use. For the longest time, the most populous non-human races on Earth remained elves, who kept to the forests and away from human persecution, dwarves and [[trolls]] who retreated underground, and naga who remained within their ancient temples, scheming. Over the following seven thousand years, humans forgot their original ideology and non-human races became a subject of myth and superstition. Elves became “forest spirits”, dwarves and trolls became strange underground creatures and naga started breeding with humans to produce [[naga|hybrids]] that could infiltrate human civilization and take back their native homeworld. The last major threat to humanity was the [[giants]]. Once centered around the [[Mu]] facility, they spread from the now shattered continent, and flourished almost as much as humans, however remained primitive. Over 3000 years ago, the giants all over the world mobilized and the ensuing conflicts were remembered as the [[Gigantomachy]]. In the end, giants were nearly wiped out and would become extinct within the next thousand years. === Birth of Modern Human Civilization === //short synopsis of ancient human civilization and how this Earth is different with magic active in it// === The Middle Ages === //Middle Ages with magic in it, including prominent mage houses and persecution of magic// === Age of Reason === //The Age of "Reason" when Abrahamic religions nearly wiped out magic. 1500-1800// === Modern Era === //19th century on this Earth, including new advances in technology and rediscovery of some forgotten magic// == Geography == According to common galactic terminology, there are six continents and three oceans on Earth. The continents are [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[South America]], [[Australia]] and [[Antarctica]], although Earth natives count [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] as separate continents for cultural reasons. The oceans are according to both terms the [[Atlantic]], the [[Pacific]] and the [[Indian Ocean]]. Humans are dominant on all continents except the uninhabited Antarctica. === [[Eurasia]] === Eurasia is the largest and politically most important continent on Earth. The western subcontinent of [[Europe]] gave rise to most of Earth's current major political powers, including the [[British Empire]], [[United States of America]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Russia]], among others. Asia claims some of the oldest cultures on post-[[Atlantis]] Earth, including still-extant [[China]]. === [[Africa]] === Africa is one of the most technologically primitive continents on 19th century Earth, consisting mostly of small, tribal states or unclaimed territories but the major powers from [[Europe]] are slowly advancing into Africa. === [[North America]] === North America is one of the two post-colonial continents on Earth, being mostly occupied by descendants of colonists from [[Europe]] who proclaim their independence from the mother states. The most important state here is [[United States of America]], a rising power and a former colony of the [[British Empire]]. === [[South America]] === South America is another post-colonial continent, mostly divided between various former colonies of [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]], two former major powers of Earth, now greatly reduced in power. After some of the recent revelations, [[Brazil]], a state from South America, has taken an especially keen interest in [[the Aether]] and outer space. === [[Australia]] === Together with Oceania, Australia contains a large number of islands which are being slowly colonized by the major powers from [[Europe]]. Australia itself, the smallest continent on Earth, is currently ruled entirely by the [[British Empire]]. Many of the especially remote islands still contain active traces of ancient magic and technology, or become refuges for outlaws and criminals. === [[Antarctica]] === Currently uninhabited and the least explored continent on Earth, Antarctica is unpleasantly cold and home to very few varieties of life. === [[Hollow Earth]] === Earth's [[underworld]] is known as [[Hollow Earth]]. Although most of the ancient passages are now buried or otherwise severed, a few passages, including one in Iceland, are rumored to still exist. Commonly believed to be the realm of the dead, Hollow Earth is in fact mainly populated by [[dwarves]], [[troll]]s, [[troglodyte]]s and a sub-race of darkness-adjusted humans called [[Cimmerians]] who harbor deep hatred of surface humans for an ancient grudge, but lack organization to act on their hatreds. In deeper layers, a jungle lit by a point of elemental fire harbors more troglodytes as well as a primitive sect of humanoid [[naga]]s. {{stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Major worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] a2495d0a315408f66bc4b64863785d71eea46ecb 78 77 2016-01-09T21:21:28Z Verroak 24955056 /* Hollow Earth */ wikitext text/x-wiki '''Earth''' or '''Terra''' is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although most of the galactic community doesn't realize it, it was the first world [[Titans]] visited and colonized in [[the Galaxy]]. Before the Titans disappeared, it housed a large number of [[Titan facilities]], including famous ones in [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]] and [[Mu]] (also known as [[R'lyeh]]). After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], a number of native and [[Titanic races|Titan-implanted races]] fought for domination, culminating in a cataclysm that destroyed most of them and paved the way for [[human]] dominance of Earth. Up to [[1875|present day]] Earth has very little knowledge of outer space, aether-sailing or other cultures out there, but the sporadic alien visits are making it slowly realize they are not alone in the universe. Earth has no formal diplomatic relationship with any [[Gnadra Accords]] signatories, making contact and trade with it extremely rare. == History == === Titan Era === Around 100,000 years ago, Earth was a primitive world inhabited by a few sentient races, most of which are nearly or completely extinct by 1875 AD. What those races were is unknown, but we know among them were [[trolls]], [[naga]] and a race of large simians called “[[girallons]]” by modern day humans. Even the naga of that age were mostly resembling other worlds’ [[naga aberration |aberration class naga]], being far more serpent-like than any half-human-looking modern day naga. In that ancient era, the [[Titans]] arrived to the [[Milky Way]] from [[NGC 1532|another galaxy]] and for unknown reasons, decided to take Earth as their capital for this galaxy. They built a series of large complexes which may have been facilities or towns, or both. The names Titans had for those complexes cannot be deciphered to this day but are currently known after the names of later places nearby. They are [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Thule]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]], [[Tunguska]], [[Jeju (Titan)|Jeju]], [[Shangri-La (Titan)|Shangri-La]], [[Lemuria]], [[Mu]], [[Aztlan]], [[Palenque]] and [[El Dorado]], as well as [[Antarctic Titan facility|another complex]] in [[the Antarctic]], of which 1875 humans know only from maps uncovered in Titan artifacts. For thousands of years, Titans were assisted in their endeavors by uncountable numbers of stone and metal golems of various forms. From Earth, Titans spread across the Galaxy and explored many planets that would at a later point bear intelligent life. Living in a utopian, post-singularity society, Titans avoided leaving a large blueprint on Earth, as settling it was never their primary goal. Unfortunately, around 77,000 years ago, their tireless pursuit of science led to them opening a portal to another dimension, home of the [[Elder Things]], gods of chaos and madness from beyond our universe. One of these creatures, known as [[Cthulhu]], emerged on Earth and cursed the Titan stone golems into flesh creatures to more easily corrupt their minds and turn them against the Titans. [[Titan Apocalypse|The cataclysm]] spread all across the Galaxy, wiping out most of the Titans. Some of the remaining survivors devised a plan that ultimately sealed off the alien beings back in their dimension. Even though the portals couldn't be destroyed completely, they were sealed with powerful technology and enchantments, with the one holding Cthulhu being located in the [[Mu]] facility, now known as R’lyeh. What happened to the remaining Titans after that is unknown, as they vanish from record at the same time as the Elder Things. === Age of Atlantis === Earth was left behind for the now fleshy descendants of the Titans' former golem servitors, among them humans, [[dwarves]], [[sphinx]]es and [[oni]]. In the following millennia, a scramble for the remains of Titan technology began, with many races recovering various tiny pieces of their knowledge. Based on those scraps of technology and magic, many new civilizations arose, eventually culminating in a period known as Age of Atlantis. Over 15,000 years ago, humans lived on only a relatively small piece of Earth, most of the planet occupied by other races, some of Titanic and some of native origin. As the former golems were still remembered as invaders and usurpers to the native races, mutual hatred arose. Even the Titanic races couldn’t work together, leading to an early period of war and chaos. During this era, the [[demon]] king [[Mara]] took one of his first mortal incarnations as the oni warlord [[Raijin]]. His most famous contemporaries were the human [[Atlas]], the founder of [[Atlantis]] and the sphinx [[Hapi]] whose image would later be worshiped as a god by the [[Egyptians]]. Eventually, a small number of powerful civilizations arose, among them the human [[Atlantis]], competing with the [[elves|elven]], sphinx and oni nations across the globe. Atlantis became a despotic, corrupt state that shunned everything non-human and sought to wipe out every non-human from Earth. Around 12,000 years ago, they uncovered a [[Atlantis superweapon|Titan superweapon]] in the ruins of the original Atlantis and attempted to use it. Whether due to their incompetence or elven sabotage, or even intended use, the weapon severely backfired and caused a [[Fall of Atlantis|global catastrophe]] that reshaped Earth. Most of the non-humans were wiped out as intended, although Atlantis itself was shattered and thrown to the bottom of the ocean. === The Hyperborean Age === Majority of the human race evacuated Atlantis in time and invaded [[Europe]] and [[Africa]], taking over the remains of elven and sphinx civilizations, eventually taking on some cultural traits of theirs. Soon afterwards, they spread into [[Asia]] where they adapted the oni and naga ruins for their own use. For the longest time, the most populous non-human races on Earth remained elves, who kept to the forests and away from human persecution, dwarves and [[trolls]] who retreated underground, and naga who remained within their ancient temples, scheming. Over the following seven thousand years, humans forgot their original ideology and non-human races became a subject of myth and superstition. Elves became “forest spirits”, dwarves and trolls became strange underground creatures and naga started breeding with humans to produce [[naga|hybrids]] that could infiltrate human civilization and take back their native homeworld. The last major threat to humanity was the [[giants]]. Once centered around the [[Mu]] facility, they spread from the now shattered continent, and flourished almost as much as humans, however remained primitive. Over 3000 years ago, the giants all over the world mobilized and the ensuing conflicts were remembered as the [[Gigantomachy]]. In the end, giants were nearly wiped out and would become extinct within the next thousand years. === Birth of Modern Human Civilization === //short synopsis of ancient human civilization and how this Earth is different with magic active in it// === The Middle Ages === //Middle Ages with magic in it, including prominent mage houses and persecution of magic// === Age of Reason === //The Age of "Reason" when Abrahamic religions nearly wiped out magic. 1500-1800// === Modern Era === //19th century on this Earth, including new advances in technology and rediscovery of some forgotten magic// == Geography == According to common galactic terminology, there are six continents and three oceans on Earth. The continents are [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[South America]], [[Australia]] and [[Antarctica]], although Earth natives count [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] as separate continents for cultural reasons. The oceans are according to both terms the [[Atlantic]], the [[Pacific]] and the [[Indian Ocean]]. Humans are dominant on all continents except the uninhabited Antarctica. === [[Eurasia]] === Eurasia is the largest and politically most important continent on Earth. The western subcontinent of [[Europe]] gave rise to most of Earth's current major political powers, including the [[British Empire]], [[United States of America]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Russia]], among others. Asia claims some of the oldest cultures on post-[[Atlantis]] Earth, including still-extant [[China]]. === [[Africa]] === Africa is one of the most technologically primitive continents on 19th century Earth, consisting mostly of small, tribal states or unclaimed territories but the major powers from [[Europe]] are slowly advancing into Africa. === [[North America]] === North America is one of the two post-colonial continents on Earth, being mostly occupied by descendants of colonists from [[Europe]] who proclaim their independence from the mother states. The most important state here is [[United States of America]], a rising power and a former colony of the [[British Empire]]. === [[South America]] === South America is another post-colonial continent, mostly divided between various former colonies of [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]], two former major powers of Earth, now greatly reduced in power. After some of the recent revelations, [[Brazil]], a state from South America, has taken an especially keen interest in [[the Aether]] and outer space. === [[Australia]] === Together with Oceania, Australia contains a large number of islands which are being slowly colonized by the major powers from [[Europe]]. Australia itself, the smallest continent on Earth, is currently ruled entirely by the [[British Empire]]. Many of the especially remote islands still contain active traces of ancient magic and technology, or become refuges for outlaws and criminals. === [[Antarctica]] === Currently uninhabited and the least explored continent on Earth, Antarctica is unpleasantly cold and home to very few varieties of life. === [[Hollow Earth]] === Earth's [[underworld]] is known as [[Hollow Earth]]. Although most of the ancient passages are now buried or otherwise severed, a few passages, including one in Iceland, are rumored to still exist. Commonly believed to be the realm of the dead, Hollow Earth is in fact mainly populated by [[dwarves]], [[troll]]s, [[troglodyte]]s and a sub-race of darkness-adjusted humans called [[Cimmerians]] who harbor deep hatred of surface humans for an ancient grudge, but lack organization to act on their hatreds. In deeper layers, a jungle lit by a point of elemental fire harbors more troglodytes, [[girallon]]s as well as a primitive sect of humanoid [[naga]]s. {{stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Major worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] c639b8a952f9154c88cc82700a86a8362baf3d14 123 78 2016-01-20T21:35:31Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Earth |image=Earth.jpg |population=1,325 billion |day length=24 hours |year length=365 days |surface temp= 14° C |gravity=Standard |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Human]] |religions=[[Christianity]], [[Islam]], [[Buddhism]] and more |affiliation=Divided ([[British Empire]], [[United States]], [[Russia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Brazil]] and more) }} '''Earth''' or '''Terra''' is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although most of the galactic community doesn't realize it, it was the first world [[Titans]] visited and colonized in [[the Galaxy]]. Before the Titans disappeared, it housed a large number of [[Titan facilities]], including famous ones in [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]] and [[Mu]] (also known as [[R'lyeh]]). After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], a number of native and [[Titanic races|Titan-implanted races]] fought for domination, culminating in a cataclysm that destroyed most of them and paved the way for [[human]] dominance of Earth. Up to [[1875|present day]] Earth has very little knowledge of outer space, aether-sailing or other cultures out there, but the sporadic alien visits are making it slowly realize they are not alone in the universe. Earth has no formal diplomatic relationship with any [[Gnadra Accords]] signatories, making contact and trade with it extremely rare. == History == === Titan Era === Around 100,000 years ago, Earth was a primitive world inhabited by a few sentient races, most of which are nearly or completely extinct by 1875 AD. What those races were is unknown, but we know among them were [[trolls]], [[naga]] and a race of large simians called “[[girallons]]” by modern day humans. Even the naga of that age were mostly resembling other worlds’ [[naga aberration |aberration class naga]], being far more serpent-like than any half-human-looking modern day naga. In that ancient era, the [[Titans]] arrived to the [[Milky Way]] from [[NGC 1532|another galaxy]] and for unknown reasons, decided to take Earth as their capital for this galaxy. They built a series of large complexes which may have been facilities or towns, or both. The names Titans had for those complexes cannot be deciphered to this day but are currently known after the names of later places nearby. They are [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Thule]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]], [[Tunguska]], [[Jeju (Titan)|Jeju]], [[Shangri-La (Titan)|Shangri-La]], [[Lemuria]], [[Mu]], [[Aztlan]], [[Palenque]] and [[El Dorado]], as well as [[Antarctic Titan facility|another complex]] in [[the Antarctic]], of which 1875 humans know only from maps uncovered in Titan artifacts. For thousands of years, Titans were assisted in their endeavors by uncountable numbers of stone and metal golems of various forms. From Earth, Titans spread across the Galaxy and explored many planets that would at a later point bear intelligent life. Living in a utopian, post-singularity society, Titans avoided leaving a large blueprint on Earth, as settling it was never their primary goal. Unfortunately, around 77,000 years ago, their tireless pursuit of science led to them opening a portal to another dimension, home of the [[Elder Things]], gods of chaos and madness from beyond our universe. One of these creatures, known as [[Cthulhu]], emerged on Earth and cursed the Titan stone golems into flesh creatures to more easily corrupt their minds and turn them against the Titans. [[Titan Apocalypse|The cataclysm]] spread all across the Galaxy, wiping out most of the Titans. Some of the remaining survivors devised a plan that ultimately sealed off the alien beings back in their dimension. Even though the portals couldn't be destroyed completely, they were sealed with powerful technology and enchantments, with the one holding Cthulhu being located in the [[Mu]] facility, now known as R’lyeh. What happened to the remaining Titans after that is unknown, as they vanish from record at the same time as the Elder Things. === Age of Atlantis === Earth was left behind for the now fleshy descendants of the Titans' former golem servitors, among them humans, [[dwarves]], [[sphinx]]es and [[oni]]. In the following millennia, a scramble for the remains of Titan technology began, with many races recovering various tiny pieces of their knowledge. Based on those scraps of technology and magic, many new civilizations arose, eventually culminating in a period known as Age of Atlantis. Over 15,000 years ago, humans lived on only a relatively small piece of Earth, most of the planet occupied by other races, some of Titanic and some of native origin. As the former golems were still remembered as invaders and usurpers to the native races, mutual hatred arose. Even the Titanic races couldn’t work together, leading to an early period of war and chaos. During this era, the [[demon]] king [[Mara]] took one of his first mortal incarnations as the oni warlord [[Raijin]]. His most famous contemporaries were the human [[Atlas]], the founder of [[Atlantis]] and the sphinx [[Hapi]] whose image would later be worshiped as a god by the [[Egyptians]]. Eventually, a small number of powerful civilizations arose, among them the human [[Atlantis]], competing with the [[elves|elven]], sphinx and oni nations across the globe. Atlantis became a despotic, corrupt state that shunned everything non-human and sought to wipe out every non-human from Earth. Around 12,000 years ago, they uncovered a [[Atlantis superweapon|Titan superweapon]] in the ruins of the original Atlantis and attempted to use it. Whether due to their incompetence or elven sabotage, or even intended use, the weapon severely backfired and caused a [[Fall of Atlantis|global catastrophe]] that reshaped Earth. Most of the non-humans were wiped out as intended, although Atlantis itself was shattered and thrown to the bottom of the ocean. === The Hyperborean Age === Majority of the human race evacuated Atlantis in time and invaded [[Europe]] and [[Africa]], taking over the remains of elven and sphinx civilizations, eventually taking on some cultural traits of theirs. Soon afterwards, they spread into [[Asia]] where they adapted the oni and naga ruins for their own use. For the longest time, the most populous non-human races on Earth remained elves, who kept to the forests and away from human persecution, dwarves and [[trolls]] who retreated underground, and naga who remained within their ancient temples, scheming. Over the following seven thousand years, humans forgot their original ideology and non-human races became a subject of myth and superstition. Elves became “forest spirits”, dwarves and trolls became strange underground creatures and naga started breeding with humans to produce [[naga|hybrids]] that could infiltrate human civilization and take back their native homeworld. The last major threat to humanity was the [[giants]]. Once centered around the [[Mu]] facility, they spread from the now shattered continent, and flourished almost as much as humans, however remained primitive. Over 3000 years ago, the giants all over the world mobilized and the ensuing conflicts were remembered as the [[Gigantomachy]]. In the end, giants were nearly wiped out and would become extinct within the next thousand years. === Birth of Modern Human Civilization === //short synopsis of ancient human civilization and how this Earth is different with magic active in it// === The Middle Ages === //Middle Ages with magic in it, including prominent mage houses and persecution of magic// === Age of Reason === //The Age of "Reason" when Abrahamic religions nearly wiped out magic. 1500-1800// === Modern Era === //19th century on this Earth, including new advances in technology and rediscovery of some forgotten magic// == Geography == According to common galactic terminology, there are six continents and three oceans on Earth. The continents are [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[South America]], [[Australia]] and [[Antarctica]], although Earth natives count [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] as separate continents for cultural reasons. The oceans are according to both terms the [[Atlantic]], the [[Pacific]] and the [[Indian Ocean]]. Humans are dominant on all continents except the uninhabited Antarctica. === [[Eurasia]] === Eurasia is the largest and politically most important continent on Earth. The western subcontinent of [[Europe]] gave rise to most of Earth's current major political powers, including the [[British Empire]], [[United States of America]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Russia]], among others. Asia claims some of the oldest cultures on post-[[Atlantis]] Earth, including still-extant [[China]]. === [[Africa]] === Africa is one of the most technologically primitive continents on 19th century Earth, consisting mostly of small, tribal states or unclaimed territories but the major powers from [[Europe]] are slowly advancing into Africa. === [[North America]] === North America is one of the two post-colonial continents on Earth, being mostly occupied by descendants of colonists from [[Europe]] who proclaim their independence from the mother states. The most important state here is [[United States of America]], a rising power and a former colony of the [[British Empire]]. === [[South America]] === South America is another post-colonial continent, mostly divided between various former colonies of [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]], two former major powers of Earth, now greatly reduced in power. After some of the recent revelations, [[Brazil]], a state from South America, has taken an especially keen interest in [[the Aether]] and outer space. === [[Australia]] === Together with Oceania, Australia contains a large number of islands which are being slowly colonized by the major powers from [[Europe]]. Australia itself, the smallest continent on Earth, is currently ruled entirely by the [[British Empire]]. Many of the especially remote islands still contain active traces of ancient magic and technology, or become refuges for outlaws and criminals. === [[Antarctica]] === Currently uninhabited and the least explored continent on Earth, Antarctica is unpleasantly cold and home to very few varieties of life. === [[Hollow Earth]] === Earth's [[underworld]] is known as [[Hollow Earth]]. Although most of the ancient passages are now buried or otherwise severed, a few passages, including one in Iceland, are rumored to still exist. Commonly believed to be the realm of the dead, Hollow Earth is in fact mainly populated by [[dwarves]], [[troll]]s, [[troglodyte]]s and a sub-race of darkness-adjusted humans called [[Cimmerians]] who harbor deep hatred of surface humans for an ancient grudge, but lack organization to act on their hatreds. In deeper layers, a jungle lit by a point of elemental fire harbors more troglodytes, [[girallon]]s as well as a primitive sect of humanoid [[naga]]s. {{stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Major worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] faa143bb2af3b064c40f060ad563ef6679cd2db6 0 42 79 2016-01-09T21:55:12Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "Venus is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Like neighboring [[Earth]], it was visited by the [[Titans]] who experimented with the local wildlife and l..." wikitext text/x-wiki Venus is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Like neighboring [[Earth]], it was visited by the [[Titans]] who experimented with the local wildlife and left a number of ruined stations behind. However, their involvement here was much smaller due to a failed experiment that produced [[the Overgrowth]], now a serious threat to galactic stability. It is currently inhabited by a native race of [[naturalized fey]] unofficially called [[Venereans]], as well as a [[harpy]] sub-race and a colony of [[elves]] descended from refugees from [[Earth]] who fled it shortly before the fall of [[Atlantis]]. Venus is largely wild, most of its surface covered in the Overgrowth or dominated by native [[dinosaur]]s. Venus is also shrouded in a permanent cloud cover which makes it an unpleasantly hot and steamy world for most outsiders. == Inhabitants == The [[Venerans]] dominate most of the civilized parts of Venus. They're [[naturalized fey]] known for their unusual sexual dimorphism. Their females are known for their exotic beauty and magical powers, while their males are brutish, troll-like creatures who serve as slaves and breeders for the dominant females. Often mistakenly called 'space elves', they stand in stark contrast to the actual elves of Venus. Local elves are descendants of [[Earth]] natives. Although far removed from their origin, all groups tell various versions of one story about an ancient elven mage, [[Erulisse]], who opened a number of portals, allowing a large number of elves to escape the onslaught caused by [[Atlantis]]. Many of modern Venerean elven societies lost their original magic, descending into barbarism to combat the ever-encroaching [[Overgrowth]]. Some nations interbred with the Venereans, resulting in mixed societies which attempt to find a middle ground between the two races. Most of the surface of Venus is claimed by the Overgrowth, a failed Titan experiment which resulted in a faction of voracious, mobile plant creatures which assimilate or consume all animal life, unless it's deemed useful such as various pollinating insects. The Overgrowth cannot be negotiated with and stopping is spread is virtually impossible, leaving other races to merely try slowing it down. == History == Unlike the other two planets in the [[Sol System]], Venus was never technologically advanced. When the [[Titans]] came, its only sentient native race, the [[Venereans]] were already there and lived in simple, pre-tribal paleolithic societies. Titans observed the natives and the local dinosaurs for many centuries, until local scientists began experimenting on the native carnivorous plant-life. The scientific goals of their research were unknown, but the experiment resulted in [[the Overgrowth]], a group of sentient and extremely hostile plant creatures. Believing all life is sacred, Titans refused to purge the planet and merely evacuated and covered the planet in a permanent cloud cover to quarantine the creatures inside. Through unknown means, the Overgrowth found its way out of the planet and began spreading across the stars several thousand years ago. Around 12,000 years ago, shorty before [[Atlantis]] fell, a number of portals opened on Venus, leading thousands of [[Earth]] elves to this world, in an attempt to escape the horrors of the local war. Unfortunately, Venus wasn't a much better home for these refugees, killing most of them with deadly diseases or through native attacks. The elves responded by adapting to the savage world and in a few thousand years, adopted a much more draconian outlook and mutual distrust with the [[Venerean]]s. Within the next thousands of years, Venereans began developing basics of agriculture and the idea of central leadership. A number of small Venerean nations sprang up in the southern hemisphere, although the extent of their control was always very small due to local conditions. Very recently, through accidental cosmic interference, a group of Earth-based aliens, as well as a single soldier from [[Djedsut]], found their way to Venus and the sole remaining Titan outpost on the surface and its mad custodian [[Melektas]]. Although more expeditions are yet to follow, it alerted [[Earth]] to the presence of life on Venus. {{Stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] [[Category:Overgrowth worlds]] f967ae83451b6c7e0b91b3ce40bb896b42a68f1a 0 30 80 70 2016-01-11T13:24:51Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki '''Humans''' are one of the most common races in [[the Galaxy]], originating from a [[Titan construct]] used on most worlds where [[Titans]] were present. In many worlds, the constructs went extinct at one point or another, but many others they remain an at least influential race. On a number of important worlds, including [[Earth]], [[Ivarind]], [[Strahdholdt]], [[Saroth]] and [[Yotvia]], humans are one of the dominant races, if not the dominant one. == Biology == Humans are a standard, bipedal [[humanoid]], [[mammalian races|mammalian]] race and on most worlds, they do not differ greatly from [[Earth]] humans, albeit on many worlds ethnicities absent on Earth are present, such as [[Red Martians]] from [[Mars]]. {{Stub}} [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Common races]] [[Category:Mammalian races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] 5a77a93a4250c305bed714f2ad1eac929d1eee80 94 80 2016-01-15T18:18:01Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki '''Humans''' are one of the most common races in [[the Galaxy]], originating from a [[Titan construct]] used on most worlds where [[Titans]] were present. In many worlds, the constructs went extinct at one point or another, but many others they remain an at least influential race. On a number of important worlds, including [[Earth]], [[Ivarind]], [[Strahdholdt]], [[Saroth]] and [[Yotvia]], humans are one of the dominant races, if not the dominant one. == Biology == Humans are a standard, bipedal [[humanoid]], [[mammalian races|mammalian]] race and on most worlds, they do not differ greatly from [[Earth]] humans, albeit on many worlds ethnicities absent on Earth are present, such as [[Red Martians]] from [[Mars]]. {{Races}} {{Stub}} [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Common races]] [[Category:Mammalian races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] 0e06075eb4ceaf8dd334434caccf412a83b65cac 101 94 2016-01-17T13:50:53Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki '''Humans''' are one of the most common races in [[the Galaxy]], originating from a [[Titan construct]] used on most worlds where [[Titans]] were present. In many worlds, the constructs went extinct at one point or another, but many others they remain an at least influential race. On a number of important worlds, including [[Earth]], [[Ivarind]], [[Strahdholdt]], [[Saroth]] and [[Yotvia]], humans are one of the dominant races, if not the dominant one. == Biology == Humans are a standard, bipedal [[humanoid]], [[mammalian races|mammalian]] race and on most worlds, they do not differ greatly from [[Earth]] humans, albeit on many worlds ethnicities absent on Earth are present, such as [[Red Martians]] from [[Mars]]. === Subraces === Most humans in the Galaxy are not divided into subraces, since the differences are really minor. There is however a number of distinct ethnicities, many of which are also present on Earth and are known in the Galaxy under different names, if any. There exists a small number of ethnicities which are absent on Earth. * [[Red Martians]] have a copper-red tinge to their skin, Hispanic facial structure and usually dark hair, with rare occurrences of brownish red hair. Their skin tone somewhat resembles Ancient Egyptians of Earth. * [[Yellow Martians]] have a yellow-golden-colored skin, Asian facial structure and brightly golden/blonde hair. * [[Van]]s of [[Ivarind]] look mostly human, with some seemingly elven features (merely idealized human features) as well silver/white hair and violet irises. In their case, they are not entirely human and their appearance stems from what [[silver dragon]]s of Ivarind believed perfect humans looked like. * [[Aperusa]] are sometimes said to be a strange human off-shoot, with skin of varying, vibrant colors that normally do not appear in humans on any world, including deep blue, blood red or pitch black. * [[Yotvian]]s are mutated through a curse that affected them early in their development and display flaps of loose skin that make outsiders commonly describe them as "pug-faced". They usually have wiry, dark hair and brownish, earthen skin tones. Blondes are born rarely and among the commoners seen as a blessing of the gods and a portent of great future. {{Races}} {{Stub}} [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Common races]] [[Category:Mammalian races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] 2348a5147cd74553a904318f2eaffea0c843bea1 104 101 2016-01-17T15:09:34Z Verroak 24955056 /* Biology */ wikitext text/x-wiki '''Humans''' are one of the most common races in [[the Galaxy]], originating from a [[Titan construct]] used on most worlds where [[Titans]] were present. In many worlds, the constructs went extinct at one point or another, but many others they remain an at least influential race. On a number of important worlds, including [[Earth]], [[Ivarind]], [[Strahdholdt]], [[Saroth]] and [[Yotvia]], humans are one of the dominant races, if not the dominant one. == Biology == Humans are a standard, bipedal [[humanoid]], [[mammalian races|mammalian]] race and on most worlds, they do not differ greatly from [[Earth]] humans, albeit on many worlds ethnicities absent on Earth are present, such as [[Red Martians]] from [[Mars]]. === Ethnicities === Most humans in the Galaxy are not divided into subraces, since the differences are really minor. There is however a number of distinct ethnicities, many of which are also present on Earth and are known in the Galaxy under different names, if any. There exists a small number of ethnicities which are absent on Earth. * [[Red Martians]] have a copper-red tinge to their skin, Hispanic facial structure and usually dark hair, with rare occurrences of brownish red hair. Their skin tone somewhat resembles Ancient Egyptians of Earth. * [[Yellow Martians]] have a yellow-golden-colored skin, Asian facial structure and brightly golden/blonde hair. * [[Van]]s of [[Ivarind]] look mostly human, with some seemingly elven features (merely idealized human features) as well silver/white hair and violet irises. In their case, they are not entirely human and their appearance stems from what [[silver dragon]]s of Ivarind believed perfect humans looked like. * [[Aperusa]] are sometimes said to be a strange human off-shoot, with skin of varying, vibrant colors that normally do not appear in humans on any world, including deep blue, blood red or pitch black. * [[Yotvian]]s are mutated through a curse that affected them early in their development and display flaps of loose skin that make outsiders commonly describe them as "pug-faced". They usually have wiry, dark hair and brownish, earthen skin tones. Blondes are born rarely and among the commoners seen as a blessing of the gods and a portent of great future. === True subraces === A few variants of humans with significant differences from the basic stock emerged on a few worlds. * The [[Mariners]] of [[Stygia]] adapted into aquatic life, spending most of their lives underwater. They have a bluish-teal skin covered in barnacles and greenish-teal hair mixed with seaweed. As their name suggests, they are expert sailors with some training in [[aether-sailing]] * The [[frostmen]] of [[Yasei]] have snow-white skin and pitch-black hair and prefer to live in cold climates. * The [[troglodytes]] live on a few human worlds and appear to be stronger and less intelligent than standard humans. They're known for powerful, muscular build and large, thick-browed skulls. {{Races}} {{Stub}} [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Common races]] [[Category:Mammalian races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] b123da0d97a286afdf329bbc6757d775974850ec 108 104 2016-01-19T13:29:47Z Verroak 24955056 /* True subraces */ wikitext text/x-wiki '''Humans''' are one of the most common races in [[the Galaxy]], originating from a [[Titan construct]] used on most worlds where [[Titans]] were present. In many worlds, the constructs went extinct at one point or another, but many others they remain an at least influential race. On a number of important worlds, including [[Earth]], [[Ivarind]], [[Strahdholdt]], [[Saroth]] and [[Yotvia]], humans are one of the dominant races, if not the dominant one. == Biology == Humans are a standard, bipedal [[humanoid]], [[mammalian races|mammalian]] race and on most worlds, they do not differ greatly from [[Earth]] humans, albeit on many worlds ethnicities absent on Earth are present, such as [[Red Martians]] from [[Mars]]. === Ethnicities === Most humans in the Galaxy are not divided into subraces, since the differences are really minor. There is however a number of distinct ethnicities, many of which are also present on Earth and are known in the Galaxy under different names, if any. There exists a small number of ethnicities which are absent on Earth. * [[Red Martians]] have a copper-red tinge to their skin, Hispanic facial structure and usually dark hair, with rare occurrences of brownish red hair. Their skin tone somewhat resembles Ancient Egyptians of Earth. * [[Yellow Martians]] have a yellow-golden-colored skin, Asian facial structure and brightly golden/blonde hair. * [[Van]]s of [[Ivarind]] look mostly human, with some seemingly elven features (merely idealized human features) as well silver/white hair and violet irises. In their case, they are not entirely human and their appearance stems from what [[silver dragon]]s of Ivarind believed perfect humans looked like. * [[Aperusa]] are sometimes said to be a strange human off-shoot, with skin of varying, vibrant colors that normally do not appear in humans on any world, including deep blue, blood red or pitch black. * [[Yotvian]]s are mutated through a curse that affected them early in their development and display flaps of loose skin that make outsiders commonly describe them as "pug-faced". They usually have wiry, dark hair and brownish, earthen skin tones. Blondes are born rarely and among the commoners seen as a blessing of the gods and a portent of great future. === True subraces === A few variants of humans with significant differences from the basic stock emerged on a few worlds. * The [[Mariners]] of [[Stygia]] adapted into aquatic life, spending most of their lives underwater. They have a bluish-teal skin covered in barnacles and greenish-teal hair mixed with seaweed. As their name suggests, they are expert sailors with some training in [[aether-sailing]] * The [[frostmen]] of [[Yasei]] have snow-white skin and pitch-black hair and prefer to live in cold climates. * The [[troglodytes]] live on a few human worlds and appear to be stronger and less intelligent than standard humans. They're known for powerful, muscular build and large, thick-browed skulls. * The [[Heliades (race)|Heliades]] of [[Heliades (world)|the world of the same name]] are a magically altered human off-shoot. Their bodies are completely hairless, they have valves in their ears and a magical ability to speak with two different voices at once. They all have a fair skin despite otherwise outwardly resembling Ancient Greeks, from whom they're descended. {{Races}} {{Stub}} [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Common races]] [[Category:Mammalian races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] 3dadfb2da6ca1aa70872ab8d81fb5429169b3e48 110 108 2016-01-19T16:55:35Z Verroak 24955056 /* True subraces */ wikitext text/x-wiki '''Humans''' are one of the most common races in [[the Galaxy]], originating from a [[Titan construct]] used on most worlds where [[Titans]] were present. In many worlds, the constructs went extinct at one point or another, but many others they remain an at least influential race. On a number of important worlds, including [[Earth]], [[Ivarind]], [[Strahdholdt]], [[Saroth]] and [[Yotvia]], humans are one of the dominant races, if not the dominant one. == Biology == Humans are a standard, bipedal [[humanoid]], [[mammalian races|mammalian]] race and on most worlds, they do not differ greatly from [[Earth]] humans, albeit on many worlds ethnicities absent on Earth are present, such as [[Red Martians]] from [[Mars]]. === Ethnicities === Most humans in the Galaxy are not divided into subraces, since the differences are really minor. There is however a number of distinct ethnicities, many of which are also present on Earth and are known in the Galaxy under different names, if any. There exists a small number of ethnicities which are absent on Earth. * [[Red Martians]] have a copper-red tinge to their skin, Hispanic facial structure and usually dark hair, with rare occurrences of brownish red hair. Their skin tone somewhat resembles Ancient Egyptians of Earth. * [[Yellow Martians]] have a yellow-golden-colored skin, Asian facial structure and brightly golden/blonde hair. * [[Van]]s of [[Ivarind]] look mostly human, with some seemingly elven features (merely idealized human features) as well silver/white hair and violet irises. In their case, they are not entirely human and their appearance stems from what [[silver dragon]]s of Ivarind believed perfect humans looked like. * [[Aperusa]] are sometimes said to be a strange human off-shoot, with skin of varying, vibrant colors that normally do not appear in humans on any world, including deep blue, blood red or pitch black. * [[Yotvian]]s are mutated through a curse that affected them early in their development and display flaps of loose skin that make outsiders commonly describe them as "pug-faced". They usually have wiry, dark hair and brownish, earthen skin tones. Blondes are born rarely and among the commoners seen as a blessing of the gods and a portent of great future. === True subraces === A few variants of humans with significant differences from the basic stock emerged on a few worlds. * The [[Mariners]] of [[Stygia]] adapted into aquatic life, spending most of their lives underwater. They have a bluish-teal skin covered in barnacles and greenish-teal hair mixed with seaweed. As their name suggests, they are expert sailors with some training in [[aether-sailing]] * The [[frostmen]] of [[Yasei]] have snow-white skin and pitch-black hair and prefer to live in cold climates. * The [[troglodytes]] live on a few human worlds and appear to be stronger and less intelligent than standard humans. They're known for powerful, muscular build and large, thick-browed skulls. * The [[Heliades]] of [[Helias]] are a magically altered human off-shoot. Their bodies are completely hairless, they have valves in their ears and a magical ability to speak with two different voices at once. They all have a fair skin despite otherwise outwardly resembling Ancient Greeks, from whom they're descended. {{Races}} {{Stub}} [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Common races]] [[Category:Mammalian races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] d7f3fda1c08185dc7a1ee7bcbf89307c4489d870 0 43 81 2016-01-11T13:51:14Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "Saroth is a [[groundling world]] in the [[Unknown Regions]]. It's mostly known for its multitude of sentient races and its constant perseverance in the face of repeated magica..." wikitext text/x-wiki Saroth is a [[groundling world]] in the [[Unknown Regions]]. It's mostly known for its multitude of sentient races and its constant perseverance in the face of repeated magical cataclysms, as well as a global war which has been raging for over a generation now. A war-torn world, divided between two major powers and various apocalyptic cults, it knows advanced and powerful magic and would be capable of [[aether-sailing]] if it learned the necessary spells. Due to the devastating nature of the native war and cults, most galactic civilzations try to keep the necessary knowledge from natives of Saroth. == Inhabitants == The most prominent races of Saroth are by far [[human]]s and [[orc]]s, the races leading the two major factions in Saroth's global war. The orcs on Saroth are mostly green-skinned and shamanistic, as typical [[green orc]]s, though humans claim the war was started due to [[grey orc]]s practicing demonic magic. Among other prominent races are [[high elves]], [[dwarves]], [[gnome]]s, [[wood elves]], [[troll]]s, a race of peaceful [[minotaur]]s, [[goblin]]s, as well as a group of [[nephilim]] who escaped [[Nephil]] through a portal. == History == After the [[Titans Apocalypse]], many of the titanic races on Saroth were left dormant in their original Titan complexes. Shortly afterwards, a native race of insects created a great empire which worshiped the [[Elder Things]] and practiced humanoid sacrifice. [[Troll]]s rose up to destroy the insectoid empire and took over majority of the world, leaving the insects to be nearly extinct. The troll empire in time split into smaller pieces, as the local [[elves]] carved out their own empire around a lake beneath which laid a Titan power source. The elven abuse of that power caused a magical cataclysm which split Saroth's supercontinent into its current continents. After the elves split into [[high elves]] and [[wood elves]], the various titanic races were woken up by the cataclysms and began spreading across the now-shattered continents. In time, [[human]]s and [[orc]]s became the dominant races, their kingdoms and clans spanning most of the remaining continents. Over 30 years ago, the orcish clans united under a chieftain known as the [[Black Maw]], known for his ruthlessness. His attacks provoked the human kingdoms to unite in an alliance which repelled the initial attacks after one kingdom was lost. Although now all of the original participants of the war are dead and the factions include many other, initially uninvolved, races the war continues with the same fervor because neither faction can overpower the other or seek out peace. [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Elven worlds]] [[Category:Orcish worlds]] 3345e1bd40606ee7035f68c520d794b67fdeb7f8 82 81 2016-01-11T14:59:47Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki Saroth is a [[groundling world]] in the [[Unknown Regions]]. It's mostly known for its multitude of sentient races and its constant perseverance in the face of repeated magical cataclysms, as well as a global war which has been raging for over a generation now. A war-torn world, divided between two major powers and various apocalyptic cults, it knows advanced and powerful magic and would be capable of [[aether-sailing]] if it learned the necessary spells. Due to the devastating nature of the native war and cults, most galactic civilzations try to keep the necessary knowledge from natives of Saroth. == Inhabitants == The most prominent races of Saroth are by far [[human]]s and [[orc]]s, the races leading the two major factions in Saroth's global war. The orcs on Saroth are mostly green-skinned and shamanistic, as typical [[green orc]]s, though humans claim the war was started due to [[grey orc]]s practicing demonic magic. Among other prominent races are [[high elves]], [[dwarves]], [[gnome]]s, [[wood elves]], [[troll]]s, a race of peaceful [[minotaur]]s, [[goblin]]s, as well as a group of [[nephilim]] who escaped [[Nephil]] through a portal. == History == After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], many of the titanic races on Saroth were left dormant in their original Titan complexes. Shortly afterwards, a native race of insects created a great empire which worshiped the [[Elder Things]] and practiced humanoid sacrifice. [[Troll]]s rose up to destroy the insectoid empire and took over majority of the world, leaving the insects to be nearly extinct. The troll empire in time split into smaller pieces, as the local [[elves]] carved out their own empire around a lake beneath which laid a Titan power source. The elven abuse of that power caused a magical cataclysm which split Saroth's supercontinent into its current continents. After the elves split into [[high elves]] and [[wood elves]], the various titanic races were woken up by the cataclysms and began spreading across the now-shattered continents. In time, [[human]]s and [[orc]]s became the dominant races, their kingdoms and clans spanning most of the remaining continents. Over 30 years ago, the orcish clans united under a chieftain known as the [[Black Maw]], known for his ruthlessness. His attacks provoked the human kingdoms to unite in an alliance which repelled the initial attacks after one kingdom was lost. Although now all of the original participants of the war are dead and the factions include many other, initially uninvolved, races the war continues with the same fervor because neither faction can overpower the other or seek out peace. [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Elven worlds]] [[Category:Orcish worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] 0b62a6ab69b1f7551871d4934a3ca4256e4ff4c0 0 44 83 2016-01-11T15:25:09Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "Nephil is a world in the [[Unknown Regions]] in the process of transforming into a [[demon world]]. Once home to many forms of life, a few decades ago local [[orc]]s started a..." wikitext text/x-wiki Nephil is a world in the [[Unknown Regions]] in the process of transforming into a [[demon world]]. Once home to many forms of life, a few decades ago local [[orc]]s started abusing demonic magic and summoning demonic hosts into the material plane. While the world is not fully corrupted yet, it is well underway and only few sanctuaries raised by native [[nephilim]] still maintain the variety of life while the outside world is slowly turning into arid wastelands. == Inhabitants == Nephil was home to many humanoid races, including the [[nephilim]], who come from a mixed angelic/demonic origin, the flightless avian [[korraw]], [[brown orc|green]] and [[grey orc]]s, saber-toothed [[catfolk]], [[ratling]]s, decentralized [[scorpid]] hives, as well as [[ogre]]s. A few thousand years ago, it was also infested with [[the Overgrowth]] by a passing ship but avoided transformation due to a faction of native [[stone giant]]s who fought the plant creatures to a standstill. == History == [[Titans]] visited Nephil but didn't stay here long. Local ogres and orcs are descended from their golems. Because of few active Titans, the [[Elder Things]] left Nephil mostly intact. In the ancient times, the [[korraw]] ruled most of Nephil, calling it Korr, or simply 'the land'. They developed advanced magical technology and may have ventured briefly into space in Nephil's solar system. During this era, orcs were magic-less paleolithic primitives, but ogres began developing basic societal structures. In the end, hordes of ogres arrived from the southern continent and wiped out the original korraw civilization, leading the race into long centuries of religious barbarism. [[Ogre]]s created a sprawling empire across Nephil and treated most other races as slaves. Ruins of their forts, mostly built over ancient [[korraw]] cities dot the land to this day. Ogre domination was maintained for over a thousand years, until the empire split into small parts and local ogres devolved into barbarity. Around this era, a fallen [[angel]] and a rogue [[demon]] arrived on Nephil and began breeding a new race that would come to name the world after themselves, the [[nephilim]]. The half-angel, half-demon humanoids were fluent in magic but were careful not to attract the demonic attention, lest they would be wiped out in revenge. Ruled by a triumvirate of three powerful mages, the nephilim dominated Nephil through building a series of great domed cities. Those cities were isolated from the outside world, but the power they emanated held the orcs, ogres, Overgrowth, korraw and scorpids at bay. Orcs came to hate the isolationist, powerful nephilim but feared to do anything beyond raiding a few outlying villages. A few decades ago, [[grey orc]]s contacted powerful demons who were looking for the offspring of the rogue demon. With [[Hell]]'s help, the orcish clans united under [[Grand Warlock Mar'Jhaet]] and created a new, fearsome army which spread across Nephil and wiped out many of the nephilim cities. The remaining three cities became known as the Sanctuaries - the last bastions of life in the increasingly hostile world. [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Demon worlds]] [[Category:Orcish worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] 635d0d164b9fcb5b6e42ac5308ce647b8fb5b063 0 45 84 2016-01-13T21:38:40Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "'''Zatz''' is a formerly [[aether-sailing]] world in the [[Unknown Regions]], currently in the state of developmental decline. Over 1500 years ago, natives independently devel..." wikitext text/x-wiki '''Zatz''' is a formerly [[aether-sailing]] world in the [[Unknown Regions]], currently in the state of developmental decline. Over 1500 years ago, natives independently developed aether-sailing technology sufficiently different from that in common use in the [[Accords Sector]] and used it to place colonies on one of their moons. A few centuries later, the local planetary government collapsed and in the ensuing chaos, much technology was lost. Zatz has been in technological and magical decline ever since, as well as political decline with periods of stability. Currently, natives believe their world to be a geocentric bubble governed entirely by whims of their gods, with stars being holes in a solid crystal ball surrounding the world. == Inhabitants == Zatz is mostly inhabited by [[human]]s and [[elves]], both divided into several cultural varieties. Humans are divided into [[high men]] of the Imperial Heartlands, dark-skinned "red men" with a warrior culture, [[barbarian]] "fair men" and [[half-elf|half-elven]] "normen". Elves are divided into [[high elves]], cannibalistic [[wood elves]] and religious [[dark elves]]. In addition, there are influential populations of [[green orc]]s, [[catfolk]] and water-breathing [[lizardfolk]]. It was also once a home to technologically advanced race of [[dwarves]] which went extinct. == History == Although few tracks of them remain, it is presumed the [[Titans]] visited Zatz in the ancient past, due to the presence of races derived from their constructs. It's speculated several ancient complexes are in fact Titan ruins, or were of Titan origin before being remade by modern races. History is hard to tell apart from myth on Zatz, as most facts are shrouded in myth of the current, superstitious era. It is believed that once elves ruled Zatz, but were overthrown by a revolt led by their former human slaves. The First Empire of Zatz arose in this way over 2000 years ago. It is during this era that dwarves and high men developed advanced magic and technology and basic [[aether-sailing]] technology, apparently reaching even [[Nettis]], larger of Zatz's moons, and establishing colonies there. Some writings also suggest dwarves used a layer of [[the Aether]] to create a global instant communication network. However, with the fall of the First Empire, most of that technology was either lost or merely replicated without proper understanding. Eventually, high men united majority of the known world once again and for a few centuries, maintained a good political grip. Recently, a demonic cult opened a number of hell-gates on the surface of Zatz, leading to a crisis which eventually destabilized the Second Empire, and plunged the world into its current, declining state, filled with superstition about the state of the world. [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Elven worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] f4c6e12e2c86b07d7e6e55d029aa75a23defe62f 0 46 85 2016-01-14T15:21:20Z Verroak 24955056 Redirected page to [[Akashic]] wikitext text/x-wiki #REDIRECT[[Akashic]] 446d42373d946e9cc3b970dda160b61f582d00b4 0 47 86 2016-01-14T15:58:21Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "'''Akashics''' are a group of mysterious, ethereal entities who hail from [[the Aether]]. When encountering mortal races, they take upon a form that looks like floating armor..." wikitext text/x-wiki '''Akashics''' are a group of mysterious, ethereal entities who hail from [[the Aether]]. When encountering mortal races, they take upon a form that looks like floating armor filled with an unearthly light of indescribable color. Some have taken to wrapping themselves with bandages or cloth to give themselves an even more humanoid appearance. In their natural form, they're simply "indescribable", as all witnesses report seeing only a multitude of unearthly colors that stretches across time and space. They describe themselves as ascended beings, suggesting a mortal origin, but no potential world has been believably proposed to be their original homeworld. == Origins == Self-described as ascended beings, akashics are believed to have once been a mortal, humanoid race that found out something fundamental about the nature of the universe which let them transcend its bounds. No planet or race has ever been reliably posited as their point of origin, and akashics themselves refuse to give meaningful answers. Asked if they were once [[Titans]], they only answer "we're not, usually". Remains of akashic influence can be seen across the Galaxy even before the Titan arrival, suggesting they are extremely ancient, although some akashic descriptions of the nature of their current existence may suggest they have the ability to travel in time to a point before their original ascendance, or may have ceased to exist on a conventional timescale. == Nature == For the purpose of spell effects, akashics are [[spirit (creature type)|spirits]], although they do not fit the traditional definitions of the word. Akashics are not dead, although they inhabit [[the Aether]] and transcend many traditional notions of our existence. In their natural form, they are incorporeal entities which have to bind a portion of themselves into a vaguely humanoid form. They describe this binding as unpleasant because they must confine themselves once again to a limited, mortal existence, albeit briefly. Numerous times, akashics expressed confusion at terms related to time, claiming to be aware of their entire timeline at once, all events in the universe "stacked on top of another". Akashics possess hyper-advanced knowledge of magic and technology, effortlessly creating devices and spells beyond our capabilities. They can easily replicate even lost Titan technologies, such as refining astral diamonds. Their personal magical power is seemingly only limited by the forms they take. Sometimes called gods, they refuse such titles, claiming even gods are bound to the material plane and limited by it, although they have been known to occasionally pose as gods for experimentation. Despite their temporal and magical properties, akashics are not omniscient or omnipotent. Their mortal avatars can be destroyed and their spiritual energies banished from the material plane, although it's unknown if one can truly be slain. They claim the greatest punishment an akashic could endure is being limited by the material plane again, i.e. being forced into a permanent ephemeral form, which is something akashics on occasion do to their outcasts. Such a "reincarnated akashic" loses most of its knowledge and abilities and allegedly cannot ascend again. Who issues the punishment is unknown as well, as akashic forms of governance are cryptically said to be "beyond mortal ken". == Relations == Akashics usually keep away from mortal, ephemeral races, claiming "nothing can be gained from contact". However, they have on occasion taken the above mentioned humanoid-like forms which let them interact with their chosen mortals. Akashics are known for buying or stealing magical artifacts, and are hard to keep away due to their powerful magic. Occasionally, they pose as gods to some undeveloped races or manipulate the histories of entire planets, seemingly for their own amusement. Often called irresponsible and infantile, yet at the same time impossibly wise, they are beings about as alien to us as [[Elder Things]]. A small faction of akashics, called the [[Time Keepers]] has taken to protecting the stability of time from those who would manipulate it for their own gain. Akashics call our perception of time extremely limited, "like a single needle going down a straight line, despite a sea of possibilities around it", but they admit the future (or the past) isn't fixed, and choices made by conscious creatures can affect time despite its usual immutability. For that reason, they search for time-sensitive individuals and recruit them to the Time Keepers, to help in policing time from different perspectives. Another akashic faction, sometimes called derisively by other akashics the [[Crutch]], or the Helping Hands by their own terminology, aims to help other mortals ascend and join the akashics. The Crutch is frowned upon by other akashics who do not want new minds to "pollute" the pre-existing akashic collective. Occasionally, an akashic longs for its mortal existence. Other akashics would claim it's due to too much time spent among other mortals. Like those punished for whatever transgressions, such akashics are banished into an ephemeral form. Lacking many inhibitions most mortals have, these reincarnated akashics usually do not last long and pass on as a normal mortal spirit would. [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Spirit races]] [[Category:Factions]] [[Category:Immortal beings]] [[Category:Akashics]] ec08d9a15320a22554ee661cd32201d5edc71588 95 86 2016-01-15T18:25:55Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki '''Akashics''' are a group of mysterious, ethereal entities who hail from [[the Aether]]. When encountering mortal races, they take upon a form that looks like floating armor filled with an unearthly light of indescribable color. Some have taken to wrapping themselves with bandages or cloth to give themselves an even more humanoid appearance. In their natural form, they're simply "indescribable", as all witnesses report seeing only a multitude of unearthly colors that stretches across time and space. They describe themselves as ascended beings, suggesting a mortal origin, but no potential world has been believably proposed to be their original homeworld. == Origins == Self-described as ascended beings, akashics are believed to have once been a mortal, humanoid race that found out something fundamental about the nature of the universe which let them transcend its bounds. No planet or race has ever been reliably posited as their point of origin, and akashics themselves refuse to give meaningful answers. Asked if they were once [[Titans]], they only answer "we're not, usually". Remains of akashic influence can be seen across the Galaxy even before the Titan arrival, suggesting they are extremely ancient, although some akashic descriptions of the nature of their current existence may suggest they have the ability to travel in time to a point before their original ascendance, or may have ceased to exist on a conventional timescale. == Nature == For the purpose of spell effects, akashics are [[spirit (creature type)|spirits]], although they do not fit the traditional definitions of the word. Akashics are not dead, although they inhabit [[the Aether]] and transcend many traditional notions of our existence. In their natural form, they are incorporeal entities which have to bind a portion of themselves into a vaguely humanoid form. They describe this binding as unpleasant because they must confine themselves once again to a limited, mortal existence, albeit briefly. Numerous times, akashics expressed confusion at terms related to time, claiming to be aware of their entire timeline at once, all events in the universe "stacked on top of another". Akashics possess hyper-advanced knowledge of magic and technology, effortlessly creating devices and spells beyond our capabilities. They can easily replicate even lost Titan technologies, such as refining astral diamonds. Their personal magical power is seemingly only limited by the forms they take. Sometimes called gods, they refuse such titles, claiming even gods are bound to the material plane and limited by it, although they have been known to occasionally pose as gods for experimentation. Despite their temporal and magical properties, akashics are not omniscient or omnipotent. Their mortal avatars can be destroyed and their spiritual energies banished from the material plane, although it's unknown if one can truly be slain. They claim the greatest punishment an akashic could endure is being limited by the material plane again, i.e. being forced into a permanent ephemeral form, which is something akashics on occasion do to their outcasts. Such a "reincarnated akashic" loses most of its knowledge and abilities and allegedly cannot ascend again. Who issues the punishment is unknown as well, as akashic forms of governance are cryptically said to be "beyond mortal ken". == Relations == Akashics usually keep away from mortal, ephemeral races, claiming "nothing can be gained from contact". However, they have on occasion taken the above mentioned humanoid-like forms which let them interact with their chosen mortals. Akashics are known for buying or stealing magical artifacts, and are hard to keep away due to their powerful magic. Occasionally, they pose as gods to some undeveloped races or manipulate the histories of entire planets, seemingly for their own amusement. Often called irresponsible and infantile, yet at the same time impossibly wise, they are beings about as alien to us as [[Elder Things]]. A small faction of akashics, called the [[Time Keepers]] has taken to protecting the stability of time from those who would manipulate it for their own gain. Akashics call our perception of time extremely limited, "like a single needle going down a straight line, despite a sea of possibilities around it", but they admit the future (or the past) isn't fixed, and choices made by conscious creatures can affect time despite its usual immutability. For that reason, they search for time-sensitive individuals and recruit them to the Time Keepers, to help in policing time from different perspectives. Another akashic faction, sometimes called derisively by other akashics the [[Crutch]], or the Helping Hands by their own terminology, aims to help other mortals ascend and join the akashics. The Crutch is frowned upon by other akashics who do not want new minds to "pollute" the pre-existing akashic collective. Occasionally, an akashic longs for its mortal existence. Other akashics would claim it's due to too much time spent among other mortals. Like those punished for whatever transgressions, such akashics are banished into an ephemeral form. Lacking many inhibitions most mortals have, these reincarnated akashics usually do not last long and pass on as a normal mortal spirit would. {{Races}} [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Spirit races]] [[Category:Factions]] [[Category:Immortal beings]] [[Category:Akashics]] b6bba5a76d97c782374b1602b2f20a77b124988a 100 95 2016-01-16T13:24:39Z Verroak 24955056 /* Relations */ wikitext text/x-wiki '''Akashics''' are a group of mysterious, ethereal entities who hail from [[the Aether]]. When encountering mortal races, they take upon a form that looks like floating armor filled with an unearthly light of indescribable color. Some have taken to wrapping themselves with bandages or cloth to give themselves an even more humanoid appearance. In their natural form, they're simply "indescribable", as all witnesses report seeing only a multitude of unearthly colors that stretches across time and space. They describe themselves as ascended beings, suggesting a mortal origin, but no potential world has been believably proposed to be their original homeworld. == Origins == Self-described as ascended beings, akashics are believed to have once been a mortal, humanoid race that found out something fundamental about the nature of the universe which let them transcend its bounds. No planet or race has ever been reliably posited as their point of origin, and akashics themselves refuse to give meaningful answers. Asked if they were once [[Titans]], they only answer "we're not, usually". Remains of akashic influence can be seen across the Galaxy even before the Titan arrival, suggesting they are extremely ancient, although some akashic descriptions of the nature of their current existence may suggest they have the ability to travel in time to a point before their original ascendance, or may have ceased to exist on a conventional timescale. == Nature == For the purpose of spell effects, akashics are [[spirit (creature type)|spirits]], although they do not fit the traditional definitions of the word. Akashics are not dead, although they inhabit [[the Aether]] and transcend many traditional notions of our existence. In their natural form, they are incorporeal entities which have to bind a portion of themselves into a vaguely humanoid form. They describe this binding as unpleasant because they must confine themselves once again to a limited, mortal existence, albeit briefly. Numerous times, akashics expressed confusion at terms related to time, claiming to be aware of their entire timeline at once, all events in the universe "stacked on top of another". Akashics possess hyper-advanced knowledge of magic and technology, effortlessly creating devices and spells beyond our capabilities. They can easily replicate even lost Titan technologies, such as refining astral diamonds. Their personal magical power is seemingly only limited by the forms they take. Sometimes called gods, they refuse such titles, claiming even gods are bound to the material plane and limited by it, although they have been known to occasionally pose as gods for experimentation. Despite their temporal and magical properties, akashics are not omniscient or omnipotent. Their mortal avatars can be destroyed and their spiritual energies banished from the material plane, although it's unknown if one can truly be slain. They claim the greatest punishment an akashic could endure is being limited by the material plane again, i.e. being forced into a permanent ephemeral form, which is something akashics on occasion do to their outcasts. Such a "reincarnated akashic" loses most of its knowledge and abilities and allegedly cannot ascend again. Who issues the punishment is unknown as well, as akashic forms of governance are cryptically said to be "beyond mortal ken". == Relations == Akashics usually keep away from mortal, ephemeral races, claiming "nothing can be gained from contact". However, they have on occasion taken the above mentioned humanoid-like forms which let them interact with their chosen mortals. Akashics are known for buying or stealing magical artifacts, and are hard to keep away due to their powerful magic. Occasionally, they pose as gods to some undeveloped races or manipulate the histories of entire planets, seemingly for their own amusement. Often called irresponsible and infantile, yet at the same time impossibly wise, they are beings about as alien to us as [[Elder Things]]. However, akashics are considered enemies of the Elder Things. While hardly benevolent, their ultimate goal is often to preserve the stability of our universe. A small faction of akashics, called the [[Time Keepers]] has taken to protecting the stability of time from those who would manipulate it for their own gain. Akashics call our perception of time extremely limited, "like a single needle going down a straight line, despite a sea of possibilities around it", but they admit the future (or the past) isn't fixed, and choices made by conscious creatures can affect time despite its usual immutability. For that reason, they search for time-sensitive individuals and recruit them to the Time Keepers, to help in policing time from different perspectives. Another akashic faction, sometimes called derisively by other akashics the [[Crutch]], or the Helping Hands by their own terminology, aims to help other mortals ascend and join the akashics. The Crutch is frowned upon by other akashics who do not want new minds to "pollute" the pre-existing akashic collective. Occasionally, an akashic longs for its mortal existence. Other akashics would claim it's due to too much time spent among other mortals. Like those punished for whatever transgressions, such akashics are banished into an ephemeral form. Lacking many inhibitions most mortals have, these reincarnated akashics usually do not last long and pass on as a normal mortal spirit would. {{Races}} [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Spirit races]] [[Category:Factions]] [[Category:Immortal beings]] [[Category:Akashics]] fd647f2b15f288fdb7946a20e8c5bc48eb009790 0 41 88 73 2016-01-14T22:39:51Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki '''Gnadra Confederacy''' is a major galactic civilization with a federal government whose official seat lies on the world of [[Gnadra]]. Although most member worlds are dominated by [[gnomes]], leading to the faction being often called a gnomish one, many worlds have large [[human]], [[halfling]] and [[dwarf]] populations. The Confederacy is one of the most technologically and socially advanced civilizations, due to majority of its legislature being occupied by [[tinker gnomes]], though its racial tolerance opens seats not only to [[forest gnomes|forest]] or [[deep gnomes]], but halflings and dwarves as well. Gnadra Confederacy is the largest civilization in the [[Accords Sector]], with 108 official inhabited member worlds, as well as the original proponent and senior partner of the [[Gnadra Accords]]. == Culture == Although the Confederacy contains many cultures, its core Gnadra culture is an extremely liberal society with few taboos. Due to easily accessible and popular magical contraception, the Gnadra practice a "free love" culture which extends even beyond some liberal Terran wishes. Long-term relationships are rare and casual sex and one parent households are common. Sexual initiation usually begins very early, shortly after hitting puberty. An old (though going out of fashion) practice that is considered abhorrent by many Accords member worlds is "sexual tutelage" where older individuals "tutor" the pubescent boys and girls in intercourse. Thanks to virtually non-existent risk of inbred offspring, incest (usually between cousins) is a common practice. Technology has a very important part in Gnadra culture, due to its [[tinker gnome]] origins. Virtually every citizen is carrying with him an [[aetherbox]], a special tool used for near-instant interstellar communication through a layer of [[the Aether]] converted into a network called [[Aethervox]]. Originally used for voice transmission only, Aethervox expanded to transfer images and other data, becoming a galaxy-wide network of communication with no need for network towers or satellites. Aethervox became a staple of Gnadra culture where it's hard to find someone who doesn't use it and many basic services cannot be completed without it. {{Stub}} [[Category:Factions]] [[Category:Major civilizations]] [[Category:Gnadra Confederacy]] [[Category:Accords Sector]] a9c97753428cb1e379a496fee72bcf6f4deabc5a 0 48 89 2016-01-14T23:11:42Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "'''Strahdholdt Domains''' is an alliance of undead monarchs originating from the [[human]] world of [[Strahdholdt]]. Most of the allied monarchs are [[vampire]]s, although a [..." wikitext text/x-wiki '''Strahdholdt Domains''' is an alliance of undead monarchs originating from the [[human]] world of [[Strahdholdt]]. Most of the allied monarchs are [[vampire]]s, although a [[werewolf]] alpha, a [[mummy]] and a [[lich]], as well as an [[aboussaur]] leader from a nearby world are included among their number. The world has fallen to intelligent undead several centuries ago and its vampire rulers have subsequently discovered [[aether-sailing]] by purchasing it from a [[mercane]] vessel. The following expansion into the [[Liminus Sector]] met resistance against technocratic magic-shunning, eugenicist [[bond'wari]]. The bond'wari then created a new cross-bred race now called the [[osh'wari]] to fight Strahdholdt and stop its advance into the stars. Due to a mistake in osh'wari commands, they wiped out their creators and promptly continued to fight Strahdholdt, as well as everything else nearby. The two powers are locked in a positional war ever since. Strahdholdt first contacted [[Gnadra Accords]] members only [[1701|174 years ago]] and despite initial fears of another undead outbreak resembling the [[Xa'tac]] but after the vampire monarchs proved perfectly amiable, unofficial partnership was opened, especially to slow down the potential threat of the osh'wari. == Culture == Strahdholdt is a world primarily run by vampires. Its kingdoms are inherited not by biological descent, but by the "blood line" - a vampire sire is inherited by those he turned personally. Not all vampires are equal - only the highest nobility has the full mental faculties of a high vampire, with thousands more turned just to provide expendable vampire thralls sent in large numbers to the osh'wari front. Although it is commonly believed common folk on Strahdholdt are herded like cattle for its vampire lords, it's not true. Most of the time, the commoners lead fairly normal, sometimes even happy, lives and are merely expected to 'donate' their bodies to their vampire lords when their time has come. While the 'blood tithe' is viewed as horrific on many [[Gnadra Accords|Accords]] worlds, the common people of Strahdholdt see it as simply a price of protection from the machine monstrosities on their doorstep. {{Stub}} [[Category:Factions]] [[Category:Major civilizations]] [[Category:Strahdholdt Domains]] [[Category:Liminus Sector]] 3bce3079424beeae7e72deaefc36dd579fa81d28 10 49 90 2016-01-15T18:02:52Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse" ! [[Races]] |- | Common races | [[Human]] - [[Elf]] - [[Dwarf]] - [[Gnome]] - [[Halfling]] - [[Orc]] - Go..." wikitext text/x-wiki {| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse" ! 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border-collapse:collapse" !colspan="2"|Races |- | Common races | [[Human]] - [[Elf]] - [[Dwarf]] - [[Gnome]] - [[Halfling]] - [[Orc]] - [[Goliath]] - [[Giff]] - [[Dohwar]] - [[Mercane]] - [[Oni]] - [[Sphinx]] - [[Dracon]] |- | Other races | [[Aboussaur]] - [[Ajazy]] - [[Akashic]] - [[Aperusa]] - [[Aureal]] - [[Boggard]] - [[Bugbear]] - [[Catfolk]] - [[Centaur]] - [[Cerebromorph]] - [[Darfellan]] - [[Dragonid]] - [[Efreeti]] - [[Ettin]] - [[Gargoyle]] - [[Ghilani]] - [[Giant]] - [[Girallon]] - [[Goblin]] - [[Grippli]] - [[Hadozee]] - [[Harpy]] - [[Hobgoblin]] - [[Hamsterling]] - [[Hothak]] - [[Hurwaeti]] - [[Kappa]] - [[Kenku]] - [[Khorak]] - [[Kobold]] - [[Korraw]] - [[Lizarfolk]] - [[Ma'yee]] - [[Merfolk]] - [[Minotaur]] - [[Nephilim]] - [[Naga]] - [[Nerugi]] - [[Osh'wari]] - [[Plumkin]] - [[Ratling]] - [[Salamander]] - [[Satyr]] - [[Scorpid]] - [[Shivan]] - [[Thorak]] - [[Tiefling]] - [[Treant]] - [[Troll]] - [[Vegepygmy]] - [[Vroomn]] - [[Vyrhuo]] - [[Xixchil]] - [[Yapper]] - [[Yeti]] |- | Extinct races | [[Titan]] - [[Xa'tac]] - [[Yellowstone Progenitors]] |} 5321a5dc672583f1fc32cc2864867e676a74e2cd 109 99 2016-01-19T13:30:49Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse" !colspan="2"|Races |- | Common races | [[Human]] - [[Elf]] - [[Dwarf]] - [[Gnome]] - [[Halfling]] - [[Orc]] - [[Goliath]] - [[Giff]] - [[Dohwar]] - [[Mercane]] - [[Oni]] - [[Sphinx]] - [[Dracon]] |- | Other races | [[Aboussaur]] - [[Ajazy]] - [[Akashic]] - [[Aperusa]] - [[Aureal]] - [[Boggard]] - [[Bugbear]] - [[Catfolk]] - [[Centaur]] - [[Cerebromorph]] - [[Darfellan]] - [[Dragonid]] - [[Efreeti]] - [[Ettin]] - [[Gargoyle]] - [[Ghilani]] - [[Giant]] - [[Girallon]] - [[Goblin]] - [[Grippli]] - [[Hadozee]] - [[Harpy]] - [[Hobgoblin]] - [[Hamsterling]] - [[Hothak]] - [[Hurwaeti]] - [[Kappa]] - [[Kenku]] - [[Khorak]] - [[Kobold]] - [[Korraw]] - [[Lizarfolk]] - [[Locathah]] - [[Ma'yee]] - [[Merfolk]] - [[Minotaur]] - [[Nephilim]] - [[Naga]] - [[Nerugi]] - [[Osh'wari]] - [[Plumkin]] - [[Ratling]] - [[Salamander]] - [[Satyr]] - [[Scorpid]] - [[Sea Devil]] - [[Shivan]] - [[Thorak]] - [[Tiefling]] - [[Treant]] - [[Troll]] - [[Vegepygmy]] - [[Vroomn]] - [[Vyrhuo]] - [[Xixchil]] - [[Yapper]] - [[Yeti]] |- | Extinct races | [[Titan]] - [[Xa'tac]] - [[Yellowstone Progenitors]] |} c2d5b1caf207b67d69d81bed71ebe3e1dbdc7d97 6 50 96 2016-01-15T18:42:56Z Verroak 24955056 Map of the Milky Way Galaxy in Worlds of the Aether wikitext text/x-wiki Map of the Milky Way Galaxy in Worlds of the Aether a6fb280bdf69ef47bb49b15b73e279103afbdf75 0 51 102 2016-01-17T14:44:45Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with ":: ''This article is about the galaxy where most events take place. If you're looking for information about other galaxies, check [[galaxy]].'' The '''Milky Way Galaxy''' or..." wikitext text/x-wiki :: ''This article is about the galaxy where most events take place. If you're looking for information about other galaxies, check [[galaxy]].'' The '''Milky Way Galaxy''' or simply '''the Galaxy''' is the center of modern interstellar society and the only known inhabited galaxy. All known civilizations inhabit this galaxy or its counterparts in other dimensions. It's known under various names in different worlds, many relating to its appearance as a stretch of semi-transparent off-white matter crossing the sky. The total number of inhabitants is hard to define due to imprecise definitions of sentience and large swathes of the Galaxy remaining unexplored. == Map == [[File:MilkyWay.png|350px]] == Division == Modern Galactic society usually divides the Galaxy into (four) main parts: the [[Accords Sector]], the [[Terminus Sector]], the [[Liminus Sector]], the [[Unknown Regions]] and [[Dead Space]]. === Accords Sector === Accords Sector is home to the capitals of all major members of [[Gnadra Accords]], including [[Gnadra Confederacy]], [[Irden Reichs]] and the dead remains of the [[Xa'tac]] worlds. It's the most populated and best explored part of the Galaxy, with hundreds of populated worlds and even more uninhabitable worlds used for harvesting resources. Definitions of the sector's borders have changed as the Accords' power has expanded but it's currently said to stretch from the far borders of [[Dracon Imperium]] and [[Irden Reichs]] to the [[Antawei]]-[[Malamoch]] line. === Terminus Sector === Terminus Sector is a poorly explored part of the Galaxy located counter-clockwise from the Accords Sector. Once believed dangerous due to primitive and aggressive cultures within due to early Gnadra explorers, it is now seeing significant efforts to establish contact with budding worlds. The [[Dracon Imperium]] was once said to be part of this sector, and the [[dohwar]] homeworld of [[Wawhira]] and the recently discovered [[Ivarind]] are located firmly within it. === Liminus Sector === Located clockwise from the Accords Sector, Liminus Sector was always seen as the "wild frontier" of the galactic society, where many rough worlds awaited exploration and exploitation. The [[mercane]] had a large part in its exploration, discovering the [[Strahdholdt Domains]] and their perennial enemy, the [[Osh'wari]] here. It's largely a haven for various crime lord and pirates who use poorly populated, poorly guarded worlds in the Liminus Sector as staging grounds against organized civilization. === Unknown Regions === As per the name, Unknown Regions is a large part of the Galaxy between the Liminus Sector and Dead Space. Modern galactic society has very little knowledge of what lies within Unknown Regions, with few explorers going that far. Thousands of years ago, it was home to the first wave of interstellar civilization which either collapsed, went extinct or reverted into a more primitive state. [[Earth]] lost virtually all of its technology and is slowly making its way back up, while [[Zatz]] is using pieces of its former powers with a superstitious belief in a geocentric universe. === Dead Space === Dead Space is a large part of the Galaxy believed to be either occupied by the [[Elder Things]], their cults or simply dead, barren worlds, scoured of life by the eldritch abominations. It's highly unadvised to venture into these sectors due to the dangers few individuals or states can withstand. All travel to and from Dead Space is banned by the [[Gnadra Accords]]. [[Category:The Galaxy]] [[Category:Galaxies]] [[Category:Astrography]] b0ed3971f8f7b56f397ebb462fd786e1c90bd0d3 103 102 2016-01-17T15:03:40Z Verroak 24955056 /* Unknown Regions */ wikitext text/x-wiki :: ''This article is about the galaxy where most events take place. If you're looking for information about other galaxies, check [[galaxy]].'' The '''Milky Way Galaxy''' or simply '''the Galaxy''' is the center of modern interstellar society and the only known inhabited galaxy. All known civilizations inhabit this galaxy or its counterparts in other dimensions. It's known under various names in different worlds, many relating to its appearance as a stretch of semi-transparent off-white matter crossing the sky. The total number of inhabitants is hard to define due to imprecise definitions of sentience and large swathes of the Galaxy remaining unexplored. == Map == [[File:MilkyWay.png|350px]] == Division == Modern Galactic society usually divides the Galaxy into (four) main parts: the [[Accords Sector]], the [[Terminus Sector]], the [[Liminus Sector]], the [[Unknown Regions]] and [[Dead Space]]. === Accords Sector === Accords Sector is home to the capitals of all major members of [[Gnadra Accords]], including [[Gnadra Confederacy]], [[Irden Reichs]] and the dead remains of the [[Xa'tac]] worlds. It's the most populated and best explored part of the Galaxy, with hundreds of populated worlds and even more uninhabitable worlds used for harvesting resources. Definitions of the sector's borders have changed as the Accords' power has expanded but it's currently said to stretch from the far borders of [[Dracon Imperium]] and [[Irden Reichs]] to the [[Antawei]]-[[Malamoch]] line. === Terminus Sector === Terminus Sector is a poorly explored part of the Galaxy located counter-clockwise from the Accords Sector. Once believed dangerous due to primitive and aggressive cultures within due to early Gnadra explorers, it is now seeing significant efforts to establish contact with budding worlds. The [[Dracon Imperium]] was once said to be part of this sector, and the [[dohwar]] homeworld of [[Wawhira]] and the recently discovered [[Ivarind]] are located firmly within it. === Liminus Sector === Located clockwise from the Accords Sector, Liminus Sector was always seen as the "wild frontier" of the galactic society, where many rough worlds awaited exploration and exploitation. The [[mercane]] had a large part in its exploration, discovering the [[Strahdholdt Domains]] and their perennial enemy, the [[Osh'wari]] here. It's largely a haven for various crime lord and pirates who use poorly populated, poorly guarded worlds in the Liminus Sector as staging grounds against organized civilization. === Unknown Regions === As per the name, Unknown Regions is a large part of the Galaxy between the Liminus Sector and Dead Space. Modern galactic society has very little knowledge of what lies within Unknown Regions, with few explorers going that far. Thousands of years ago, it was home to the first wave of interstellar civilization which either collapsed, went extinct or reverted into a more primitive state. [[Earth]] lost virtually all of its technology and is slowly making its way back up, while [[Zatz]] is using pieces of its former powers with a superstitious belief in a geocentric universe. The [[Scro]] collapsed so thoroughly, many of [[orc]] populations they left behind throughout the sector no longer have any idea about their origin and the forgotten troll empire left behind only ruins. === Dead Space === Dead Space is a large part of the Galaxy believed to be either occupied by the [[Elder Things]], their cults or simply dead, barren worlds, scoured of life by the eldritch abominations. It's highly unadvised to venture into these sectors due to the dangers few individuals or states can withstand. All travel to and from Dead Space is banned by the [[Gnadra Accords]]. [[Category:The Galaxy]] [[Category:Galaxies]] [[Category:Astrography]] dfc250f3a8b08318bc59829cee81101adb4b8a31 0 52 105 2016-01-17T22:46:29Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "'''Mariners''' are a [[human]] culture and subrace hailing from the cold, barely habitable world of [[Stygia]]. Despite significant biological differences, they consider thems..." wikitext text/x-wiki '''Mariners''' are a [[human]] culture and subrace hailing from the cold, barely habitable world of [[Stygia]]. Despite significant biological differences, they consider themselves human. The "Mariner" name is an exonym given to them by the surface-dwelling [[gelugon]]s. == Biology == Mariners have perfectly adapted into aquatic life, being able to breathe air and water with equal ease. Because they consider themselves "one with the sea", their bodies host a number of small sea creatures, such as barnacles and starfish. Their skin and hair contain unique pigments otherwise never present in most [[humanoid]] races, giving them characteristic teal color which blends well with sea and marine plant life. Otherwise, they are perfectly human. == History == Mariners have little written history, with writing being fairly alien to them until their discovery by [[mercane]] traders. However, one of their greatest mythological poems speaks about their mythic origins, describing their people "walking the earth and the ice, until the sea called them". They are hence believed to have formerly been regular humans changed by their chief god, [[Rulfengar]], who may or may not be a gigantic sea creature elevated to [[god]]hood through their worship. Mariners sailed the seas of Stygia and raided the surface-dwelling cultures with little concept of the greater universe until [[mercane]] vessels arrived on the world [[1319|556 years ago]]. Most Mariners still fear the sky, although a small number has taken to [[aether-sailing]] as natural sailors. After the [[Xa'tac War]], a small number of Mariner pirates appeared, both in their own bands and as individuals serving [[ghilani]] captains. Stygia and Mariners left behind benefit very little from their space travelling compatriots, barring a few new songs being created about the "heroic adventures of their fellows who sail among the stars". == Culture == Mariners are natural sailors and pirates, taking pride in their ability to tame the sea as well as their capability to take whatever they want from others. Mariners have little concept of honor, as understood by most of the Galaxy, and are ruled by a 'might makes right' mentality. Despite this, their sea-bottom society is fairly ordered, with most Mariners leaving peaceful lives of farming seaweed and trading for various exotic trinkets brought from off-shore or off-world. Nevertheless, the few non-pirate Mariners in the [[Accords Sector]] are known to be problematic due to lack of taboos about stealing, murder and rape. {{Races}} [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Humans]] [[Category:Stygia]] [[Category:Aquatic races]] c10274b0dc74c46a1593d95a31bd3912691dcf8c 0 53 106 2016-01-18T15:11:43Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "'''Aperusa''' is a race of nomadic [[humanoid]]s seen all across the inhabited [[the Galaxy|Galaxy]]. Utilizing portals to get from world to world, they became a common sight...." wikitext text/x-wiki '''Aperusa''' is a race of nomadic [[humanoid]]s seen all across the inhabited [[the Galaxy|Galaxy]]. Utilizing portals to get from world to world, they became a common sight. With a reputation for thievery, they're commonly subjected to prejudice and bans on how many of their numbers can enter a world. Aperusa have little respect for these bans, however, and proceed to squat on many worlds uninvited, often also disrupting previously uncontacted [[groundling world]]s, all because of a belief that the earth belongs to no one and no one can rightfully ban them from entry. == Biology == Aperusa superficially resemble [[human]]s, with some potential elven admixture. On a deeper level, there are significant differences. An aperusa's skin and hair take on vibrant, striking colors normally not appearing in most humanoid races. They can be deep blue, bright green, blood red or jet black, and the colors often mix between families resulting in many different colors even between siblings. Their facial structure usually exhibits hooked noses and strong jawlines, as well as thick facial hair in men. Anatomically, aperusa have several big differences from humans. They have two more abdominal muscles, thicker and stronger arm and leg muscles, semi-digitigrade feet and a heart located in the middle of the chest. All those traits suggest possible alien origin which accidentally evolved convergently to other humanoids, usually descended from the [[Titan]] constructs. == History == Aperusa do not share their history with outsiders and jealously guard most of their secrets. They do not interbreed with other races, and in rare occurrences when they do, the outsider is sworn as an honorary aperusa and obliged to keep their secrets. As such, the galactic society is unaware of aperusa origins or their history before their camps were discovered on a number of worlds on the border of [[Liminus Sector]] and [[Accords Sector]]. However, few theories are commonly postulated. One popular theory posits they are the starlings of [[Djedsut]]i myth. According to a [[First Kingdom]] story, they were once human-like people on Djedsut who lived in the eastern parts of the major continent. They, the starlings, were very curious people who traveled the world far and wide but could still not satiate their curiosity. They began to pine for the stars and longed for them so much, they all became afflicted with a race-wide despondence. Their king, [[Isetseba]] (lit. '''star-throne''', probably not a real name), longed so much he climbed the highest mountain on Djedsut and jumped from its peak so high, he landed among the stars. His people followed behind him and before the night was over, the entire race disappeared never to be heard from again. What may seem like a primitive myth trying to explain origin of the stars gains new credence when the murals depicting starlings show a clearly very human-looking race - and [[human]]s were absent from Djedsut in that era. However, some believe starlings may have actually been the [[akashic]]s, and the theory is far from widely accepted. Another popular theory plays on common traits attributed to aperusa. Known for thievery and fortune-telling, they are sometimes suspected of being outcasts and exiles from an otherwise unknown world in the [[Liminus Sector]] or even [[Unknown Regions]]. Speculated to be descended from criminals or political exiles, this theory is commonly disregarded for its racially insensitive connotations. == Culture == Although thievery and fortune-telling are the two most widely known parts of aperusa culture, their true society is as differentiated as that of any sentient race. They have craftsmen who create beautiful jewelry and textiles, as well as other pillars of every society. The reputation for thievery mostly stems from a cultural belief that only aperusa have to be properly respected, with many young outliers of their society, the ones the furthest away from their whole society, believing it gives them the freedom to take whatever they want from others. Aperusa fortune-telling is an ancient practice based on "reading the walls of the universe". According to some, these "walls" are where the entire history of universe is written and sometimes speculated to be the true home of the [[akashic]]s. However, the aperusa themselves refuse to comment on these few details that leaked out of their secretive society. [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] [[Category:Mammalian races]] 9b39efaaf3eaf1c0d7e2382a61e7fff0dc4d6544 107 106 2016-01-18T15:12:32Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki '''Aperusa''' is a race of nomadic [[humanoid]]s seen all across the inhabited [[the Galaxy|Galaxy]]. Utilizing portals to get from world to world, they became a common sight. With a reputation for thievery, they're commonly subjected to prejudice and bans on how many of their numbers can enter a world. Aperusa have little respect for these bans, however, and proceed to squat on many worlds uninvited, often also disrupting previously uncontacted [[groundling world]]s, all because of a belief that the earth belongs to no one and no one can rightfully ban them from entry. == Biology == Aperusa superficially resemble [[human]]s, with some potential elven admixture. On a deeper level, there are significant differences. An aperusa's skin and hair take on vibrant, striking colors normally not appearing in most humanoid races. They can be deep blue, bright green, blood red or jet black, and the colors often mix between families resulting in many different colors even between siblings. Their facial structure usually exhibits hooked noses and strong jawlines, as well as thick facial hair in men. Anatomically, aperusa have several big differences from humans. They have two more abdominal muscles, thicker and stronger arm and leg muscles, semi-digitigrade feet and a heart located in the middle of the chest. All those traits suggest possible alien origin which accidentally evolved convergently to other humanoids, usually descended from the [[Titan]] constructs. == History == Aperusa do not share their history with outsiders and jealously guard most of their secrets. They do not interbreed with other races, and in rare occurrences when they do, the outsider is sworn as an honorary aperusa and obliged to keep their secrets. As such, the galactic society is unaware of aperusa origins or their history before their camps were discovered on a number of worlds on the border of [[Liminus Sector]] and [[Accords Sector]]. However, few theories are commonly postulated. One popular theory posits they are the starlings of [[Djedsut]]i myth. According to a [[First Kingdom]] story, they were once human-like people on Djedsut who lived in the eastern parts of the major continent. They, the starlings, were very curious people who traveled the world far and wide but could still not satiate their curiosity. They began to pine for the stars and longed for them so much, they all became afflicted with a race-wide despondence. Their king, [[Isetseba]] (lit. ''star-throne'', probably not a real name), longed so much he climbed the highest mountain on Djedsut and jumped from its peak so high, he landed among the stars. His people followed behind him and before the night was over, the entire race disappeared never to be heard from again. What may seem like a primitive myth trying to explain origin of the stars gains new credence when the murals depicting starlings show a clearly very human-looking race - and [[human]]s were absent from Djedsut in that era. However, some believe starlings may have actually been the [[akashic]]s, and the theory is far from widely accepted. Another popular theory plays on common traits attributed to aperusa. Known for thievery and fortune-telling, they are sometimes suspected of being outcasts and exiles from an otherwise unknown world in the [[Liminus Sector]] or even [[Unknown Regions]]. Speculated to be descended from criminals or political exiles, this theory is commonly disregarded for its racially insensitive connotations. == Culture == Although thievery and fortune-telling are the two most widely known parts of aperusa culture, their true society is as differentiated as that of any sentient race. They have craftsmen who create beautiful jewelry and textiles, as well as other pillars of every society. The reputation for thievery mostly stems from a cultural belief that only aperusa have to be properly respected, with many young outliers of their society, the ones the furthest away from their whole society, believing it gives them the freedom to take whatever they want from others. Aperusa fortune-telling is an ancient practice based on "reading the walls of the universe". According to some, these "walls" are where the entire history of universe is written and sometimes speculated to be the true home of the [[akashic]]s. However, the aperusa themselves refuse to comment on these few details that leaked out of their secretive society. 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align="right" width="80px" {{!}} Affiliation: {{!}} {{{affiliation}}} }} |- |- |} |}</includeonly> be72f60b3da9a0da9d48058a89831a6e8a843df9 10 55 113 2016-01-20T18:50:32Z Soluregos 24955228 Soluregos moved page [[Template:Homeworld]] to [[Template:InhabitedWorld]]: Renamed. wikitext text/x-wiki #REDIRECT [[Template:InhabitedWorld]] 4e2cd0a0716f1578107948079509e30623c0ca7f 10 56 115 2016-01-20T18:55:09Z Soluregos 24955228 Soluregos moved page [[Template:InhabitedWorld]] to [[Template:Infobox InhabitedWorld]]: Forgot Infobox. wikitext text/x-wiki #REDIRECT [[Template:Infobox InhabitedWorld]] 55fda525da2c2d3209994b5b2fb70f58e8f37c95 2 57 116 2016-01-20T18:57:07Z Soluregos 24955228 Created page with "{{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Asuria |image=Asura.jpg |population=9,001 |day length=21 hours |year length=310 days |surface temp= 14° C |gravity=9.807 m/s² |atmosphere=Nitr..." wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Asuria |image=Asura.jpg |population=9,001 |day length=21 hours |year length=310 days |surface temp= 14° C |gravity=9.807 m/s² |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=Asurian |capital=Asarad |government=Monarchy |rulers=Lady Isal |settlements=Narash |languages=Narol |religions=Astrionas |affiliation=The Grand Conclave }} '''Earth''' or '''Terra''' is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although most of the galactic community doesn't realize it, it was the first world [[Titans]] visited and colonized in [[the Galaxy]]. Before the Titans disappeared, it housed a large number of [[Titan facilities]], including famous ones in [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]] and [[Mu]] (also known as [[R'lyeh]]). After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], a number of native and [[Titanic races|Titan-implanted races]] fought for domination, culminating in a cataclysm that destroyed most of them and paved the way for [[human]] dominance of Earth. Up to [[1875|present day]] Earth has very little knowledge of outer space, aether-sailing or other cultures out there, but the sporadic alien visits are making it slowly realize they are not alone in the universe. Earth has no formal diplomatic relationship with any [[Gnadra Accords]] signatories, making contact and trade with it extremely rare. == History == === Titan Era === Around 100,000 years ago, Earth was a primitive world inhabited by a few sentient races, most of which are nearly or completely extinct by 1875 AD. What those races were is unknown, but we know among them were [[trolls]], [[naga]] and a race of large simians called “[[girallons]]” by modern day humans. Even the naga of that age were mostly resembling other worlds’ [[naga aberration |aberration class naga]], being far more serpent-like than any half-human-looking modern day naga. In that ancient era, the [[Titans]] arrived to the [[Milky Way]] from [[NGC 1532|another galaxy]] and for unknown reasons, decided to take Earth as their capital for this galaxy. They built a series of large complexes which may have been facilities or towns, or both. The names Titans had for those complexes cannot be deciphered to this day but are currently known after the names of later places nearby. They are [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Thule]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]], [[Tunguska]], [[Jeju (Titan)|Jeju]], [[Shangri-La (Titan)|Shangri-La]], [[Lemuria]], [[Mu]], [[Aztlan]], [[Palenque]] and [[El Dorado]], as well as [[Antarctic Titan facility|another complex]] in [[the Antarctic]], of which 1875 humans know only from maps uncovered in Titan artifacts. For thousands of years, Titans were assisted in their endeavors by uncountable numbers of stone and metal golems of various forms. From Earth, Titans spread across the Galaxy and explored many planets that would at a later point bear intelligent life. Living in a utopian, post-singularity society, Titans avoided leaving a large blueprint on Earth, as settling it was never their primary goal. Unfortunately, around 77,000 years ago, their tireless pursuit of science led to them opening a portal to another dimension, home of the [[Elder Things]], gods of chaos and madness from beyond our universe. One of these creatures, known as [[Cthulhu]], emerged on Earth and cursed the Titan stone golems into flesh creatures to more easily corrupt their minds and turn them against the Titans. [[Titan Apocalypse|The cataclysm]] spread all across the Galaxy, wiping out most of the Titans. Some of the remaining survivors devised a plan that ultimately sealed off the alien beings back in their dimension. Even though the portals couldn't be destroyed completely, they were sealed with powerful technology and enchantments, with the one holding Cthulhu being located in the [[Mu]] facility, now known as R’lyeh. What happened to the remaining Titans after that is unknown, as they vanish from record at the same time as the Elder Things. === Age of Atlantis === Earth was left behind for the now fleshy descendants of the Titans' former golem servitors, among them humans, [[dwarves]], [[sphinx]]es and [[oni]]. In the following millennia, a scramble for the remains of Titan technology began, with many races recovering various tiny pieces of their knowledge. Based on those scraps of technology and magic, many new civilizations arose, eventually culminating in a period known as Age of Atlantis. Over 15,000 years ago, humans lived on only a relatively small piece of Earth, most of the planet occupied by other races, some of Titanic and some of native origin. As the former golems were still remembered as invaders and usurpers to the native races, mutual hatred arose. Even the Titanic races couldn’t work together, leading to an early period of war and chaos. During this era, the [[demon]] king [[Mara]] took one of his first mortal incarnations as the oni warlord [[Raijin]]. His most famous contemporaries were the human [[Atlas]], the founder of [[Atlantis]] and the sphinx [[Hapi]] whose image would later be worshiped as a god by the [[Egyptians]]. Eventually, a small number of powerful civilizations arose, among them the human [[Atlantis]], competing with the [[elves|elven]], sphinx and oni nations across the globe. Atlantis became a despotic, corrupt state that shunned everything non-human and sought to wipe out every non-human from Earth. Around 12,000 years ago, they uncovered a [[Atlantis superweapon|Titan superweapon]] in the ruins of the original Atlantis and attempted to use it. Whether due to their incompetence or elven sabotage, or even intended use, the weapon severely backfired and caused a [[Fall of Atlantis|global catastrophe]] that reshaped Earth. Most of the non-humans were wiped out as intended, although Atlantis itself was shattered and thrown to the bottom of the ocean. === The Hyperborean Age === Majority of the human race evacuated Atlantis in time and invaded [[Europe]] and [[Africa]], taking over the remains of elven and sphinx civilizations, eventually taking on some cultural traits of theirs. Soon afterwards, they spread into [[Asia]] where they adapted the oni and naga ruins for their own use. For the longest time, the most populous non-human races on Earth remained elves, who kept to the forests and away from human persecution, dwarves and [[trolls]] who retreated underground, and naga who remained within their ancient temples, scheming. Over the following seven thousand years, humans forgot their original ideology and non-human races became a subject of myth and superstition. Elves became “forest spirits”, dwarves and trolls became strange underground creatures and naga started breeding with humans to produce [[naga|hybrids]] that could infiltrate human civilization and take back their native homeworld. The last major threat to humanity was the [[giants]]. Once centered around the [[Mu]] facility, they spread from the now shattered continent, and flourished almost as much as humans, however remained primitive. Over 3000 years ago, the giants all over the world mobilized and the ensuing conflicts were remembered as the [[Gigantomachy]]. In the end, giants were nearly wiped out and would become extinct within the next thousand years. === Birth of Modern Human Civilization === //short synopsis of ancient human civilization and how this Earth is different with magic active in it// === The Middle Ages === //Middle Ages with magic in it, including prominent mage houses and persecution of magic// === Age of Reason === //The Age of "Reason" when Abrahamic religions nearly wiped out magic. 1500-1800// === Modern Era === //19th century on this Earth, including new advances in technology and rediscovery of some forgotten magic// == Geography == According to common galactic terminology, there are six continents and three oceans on Earth. The continents are [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[South America]], [[Australia]] and [[Antarctica]], although Earth natives count [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] as separate continents for cultural reasons. The oceans are according to both terms the [[Atlantic]], the [[Pacific]] and the [[Indian Ocean]]. Humans are dominant on all continents except the uninhabited Antarctica. === [[Eurasia]] === Eurasia is the largest and politically most important continent on Earth. The western subcontinent of [[Europe]] gave rise to most of Earth's current major political powers, including the [[British Empire]], [[United States of America]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Russia]], among others. Asia claims some of the oldest cultures on post-[[Atlantis]] Earth, including still-extant [[China]]. === [[Africa]] === Africa is one of the most technologically primitive continents on 19th century Earth, consisting mostly of small, tribal states or unclaimed territories but the major powers from [[Europe]] are slowly advancing into Africa. === [[North America]] === North America is one of the two post-colonial continents on Earth, being mostly occupied by descendants of colonists from [[Europe]] who proclaim their independence from the mother states. The most important state here is [[United States of America]], a rising power and a former colony of the [[British Empire]]. === [[South America]] === South America is another post-colonial continent, mostly divided between various former colonies of [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]], two former major powers of Earth, now greatly reduced in power. After some of the recent revelations, [[Brazil]], a state from South America, has taken an especially keen interest in [[the Aether]] and outer space. === [[Australia]] === Together with Oceania, Australia contains a large number of islands which are being slowly colonized by the major powers from [[Europe]]. Australia itself, the smallest continent on Earth, is currently ruled entirely by the [[British Empire]]. Many of the especially remote islands still contain active traces of ancient magic and technology, or become refuges for outlaws and criminals. === [[Antarctica]] === Currently uninhabited and the least explored continent on Earth, Antarctica is unpleasantly cold and home to very few varieties of life. === [[Hollow Earth]] === Earth's [[underworld]] is known as [[Hollow Earth]]. Although most of the ancient passages are now buried or otherwise severed, a few passages, including one in Iceland, are rumored to still exist. Commonly believed to be the realm of the dead, Hollow Earth is in fact mainly populated by [[dwarves]], [[troll]]s, [[troglodyte]]s and a sub-race of darkness-adjusted humans called [[Cimmerians]] who harbor deep hatred of surface humans for an ancient grudge, but lack organization to act on their hatreds. In deeper layers, a jungle lit by a point of elemental fire harbors more troglodytes, [[girallon]]s as well as a primitive sect of humanoid [[naga]]s. {{stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Major worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] d5f1d70a8a62e77b7c3b99d11162ea64b271aeff 117 116 2016-01-20T18:58:03Z Soluregos 24955228 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Earth |image=Earth.jpg |population=9,001 |day length=24 hours |year length=365 days |surface temp= 14° C |gravity=9.807 m/s² |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=Human |capital=? |government=? |rulers=? |settlements=? |languages=? |religions=? |affiliation=? }} '''Earth''' or '''Terra''' is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although most of the galactic community doesn't realize it, it was the first world [[Titans]] visited and colonized in [[the Galaxy]]. Before the Titans disappeared, it housed a large number of [[Titan facilities]], including famous ones in [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]] and [[Mu]] (also known as [[R'lyeh]]). After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], a number of native and [[Titanic races|Titan-implanted races]] fought for domination, culminating in a cataclysm that destroyed most of them and paved the way for [[human]] dominance of Earth. Up to [[1875|present day]] Earth has very little knowledge of outer space, aether-sailing or other cultures out there, but the sporadic alien visits are making it slowly realize they are not alone in the universe. Earth has no formal diplomatic relationship with any [[Gnadra Accords]] signatories, making contact and trade with it extremely rare. == History == === Titan Era === Around 100,000 years ago, Earth was a primitive world inhabited by a few sentient races, most of which are nearly or completely extinct by 1875 AD. What those races were is unknown, but we know among them were [[trolls]], [[naga]] and a race of large simians called “[[girallons]]” by modern day humans. Even the naga of that age were mostly resembling other worlds’ [[naga aberration |aberration class naga]], being far more serpent-like than any half-human-looking modern day naga. In that ancient era, the [[Titans]] arrived to the [[Milky Way]] from [[NGC 1532|another galaxy]] and for unknown reasons, decided to take Earth as their capital for this galaxy. They built a series of large complexes which may have been facilities or towns, or both. The names Titans had for those complexes cannot be deciphered to this day but are currently known after the names of later places nearby. They are [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Thule]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]], [[Tunguska]], [[Jeju (Titan)|Jeju]], [[Shangri-La (Titan)|Shangri-La]], [[Lemuria]], [[Mu]], [[Aztlan]], [[Palenque]] and [[El Dorado]], as well as [[Antarctic Titan facility|another complex]] in [[the Antarctic]], of which 1875 humans know only from maps uncovered in Titan artifacts. For thousands of years, Titans were assisted in their endeavors by uncountable numbers of stone and metal golems of various forms. From Earth, Titans spread across the Galaxy and explored many planets that would at a later point bear intelligent life. Living in a utopian, post-singularity society, Titans avoided leaving a large blueprint on Earth, as settling it was never their primary goal. Unfortunately, around 77,000 years ago, their tireless pursuit of science led to them opening a portal to another dimension, home of the [[Elder Things]], gods of chaos and madness from beyond our universe. One of these creatures, known as [[Cthulhu]], emerged on Earth and cursed the Titan stone golems into flesh creatures to more easily corrupt their minds and turn them against the Titans. [[Titan Apocalypse|The cataclysm]] spread all across the Galaxy, wiping out most of the Titans. Some of the remaining survivors devised a plan that ultimately sealed off the alien beings back in their dimension. Even though the portals couldn't be destroyed completely, they were sealed with powerful technology and enchantments, with the one holding Cthulhu being located in the [[Mu]] facility, now known as R’lyeh. What happened to the remaining Titans after that is unknown, as they vanish from record at the same time as the Elder Things. === Age of Atlantis === Earth was left behind for the now fleshy descendants of the Titans' former golem servitors, among them humans, [[dwarves]], [[sphinx]]es and [[oni]]. In the following millennia, a scramble for the remains of Titan technology began, with many races recovering various tiny pieces of their knowledge. Based on those scraps of technology and magic, many new civilizations arose, eventually culminating in a period known as Age of Atlantis. Over 15,000 years ago, humans lived on only a relatively small piece of Earth, most of the planet occupied by other races, some of Titanic and some of native origin. As the former golems were still remembered as invaders and usurpers to the native races, mutual hatred arose. Even the Titanic races couldn’t work together, leading to an early period of war and chaos. During this era, the [[demon]] king [[Mara]] took one of his first mortal incarnations as the oni warlord [[Raijin]]. His most famous contemporaries were the human [[Atlas]], the founder of [[Atlantis]] and the sphinx [[Hapi]] whose image would later be worshiped as a god by the [[Egyptians]]. Eventually, a small number of powerful civilizations arose, among them the human [[Atlantis]], competing with the [[elves|elven]], sphinx and oni nations across the globe. Atlantis became a despotic, corrupt state that shunned everything non-human and sought to wipe out every non-human from Earth. Around 12,000 years ago, they uncovered a [[Atlantis superweapon|Titan superweapon]] in the ruins of the original Atlantis and attempted to use it. Whether due to their incompetence or elven sabotage, or even intended use, the weapon severely backfired and caused a [[Fall of Atlantis|global catastrophe]] that reshaped Earth. Most of the non-humans were wiped out as intended, although Atlantis itself was shattered and thrown to the bottom of the ocean. === The Hyperborean Age === Majority of the human race evacuated Atlantis in time and invaded [[Europe]] and [[Africa]], taking over the remains of elven and sphinx civilizations, eventually taking on some cultural traits of theirs. Soon afterwards, they spread into [[Asia]] where they adapted the oni and naga ruins for their own use. For the longest time, the most populous non-human races on Earth remained elves, who kept to the forests and away from human persecution, dwarves and [[trolls]] who retreated underground, and naga who remained within their ancient temples, scheming. Over the following seven thousand years, humans forgot their original ideology and non-human races became a subject of myth and superstition. Elves became “forest spirits”, dwarves and trolls became strange underground creatures and naga started breeding with humans to produce [[naga|hybrids]] that could infiltrate human civilization and take back their native homeworld. The last major threat to humanity was the [[giants]]. Once centered around the [[Mu]] facility, they spread from the now shattered continent, and flourished almost as much as humans, however remained primitive. Over 3000 years ago, the giants all over the world mobilized and the ensuing conflicts were remembered as the [[Gigantomachy]]. In the end, giants were nearly wiped out and would become extinct within the next thousand years. === Birth of Modern Human Civilization === //short synopsis of ancient human civilization and how this Earth is different with magic active in it// === The Middle Ages === //Middle Ages with magic in it, including prominent mage houses and persecution of magic// === Age of Reason === //The Age of "Reason" when Abrahamic religions nearly wiped out magic. 1500-1800// === Modern Era === //19th century on this Earth, including new advances in technology and rediscovery of some forgotten magic// == Geography == According to common galactic terminology, there are six continents and three oceans on Earth. The continents are [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[South America]], [[Australia]] and [[Antarctica]], although Earth natives count [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] as separate continents for cultural reasons. The oceans are according to both terms the [[Atlantic]], the [[Pacific]] and the [[Indian Ocean]]. Humans are dominant on all continents except the uninhabited Antarctica. === [[Eurasia]] === Eurasia is the largest and politically most important continent on Earth. The western subcontinent of [[Europe]] gave rise to most of Earth's current major political powers, including the [[British Empire]], [[United States of America]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Russia]], among others. Asia claims some of the oldest cultures on post-[[Atlantis]] Earth, including still-extant [[China]]. === [[Africa]] === Africa is one of the most technologically primitive continents on 19th century Earth, consisting mostly of small, tribal states or unclaimed territories but the major powers from [[Europe]] are slowly advancing into Africa. === [[North America]] === North America is one of the two post-colonial continents on Earth, being mostly occupied by descendants of colonists from [[Europe]] who proclaim their independence from the mother states. The most important state here is [[United States of America]], a rising power and a former colony of the [[British Empire]]. === [[South America]] === South America is another post-colonial continent, mostly divided between various former colonies of [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]], two former major powers of Earth, now greatly reduced in power. After some of the recent revelations, [[Brazil]], a state from South America, has taken an especially keen interest in [[the Aether]] and outer space. === [[Australia]] === Together with Oceania, Australia contains a large number of islands which are being slowly colonized by the major powers from [[Europe]]. Australia itself, the smallest continent on Earth, is currently ruled entirely by the [[British Empire]]. Many of the especially remote islands still contain active traces of ancient magic and technology, or become refuges for outlaws and criminals. === [[Antarctica]] === Currently uninhabited and the least explored continent on Earth, Antarctica is unpleasantly cold and home to very few varieties of life. === [[Hollow Earth]] === Earth's [[underworld]] is known as [[Hollow Earth]]. Although most of the ancient passages are now buried or otherwise severed, a few passages, including one in Iceland, are rumored to still exist. Commonly believed to be the realm of the dead, Hollow Earth is in fact mainly populated by [[dwarves]], [[troll]]s, [[troglodyte]]s and a sub-race of darkness-adjusted humans called [[Cimmerians]] who harbor deep hatred of surface humans for an ancient grudge, but lack organization to act on their hatreds. In deeper layers, a jungle lit by a point of elemental fire harbors more troglodytes, [[girallon]]s as well as a primitive sect of humanoid [[naga]]s. {{stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Major worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] a4657edfe4716bdb4be9908e9931a15bec4de052 120 117 2016-01-20T19:08:31Z Soluregos 24955228 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Earth |image=Earth.jpg |population=9,001 |day length=24 hours |year length=365 days |surface temp= 14° C |gravity=9.807 m/s² |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=Human |capital=? |government=? |rulers=? |settlements=? |languages=? |religions=? |affiliation=? }} '''Earth''' or '''Terra''' is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although most of the galactic community doesn't realize it, it was the first world [[Titans]] visited and colonized in [[the Galaxy]]. Before the Titans disappeared, it housed a large number of [[Titan facilities]], including famous ones in [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]] and [[Mu]] (also known as [[R'lyeh]]). After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], a number of native and [[Titanic races|Titan-implanted races]] fought for domination, culminating in a cataclysm that destroyed most of them and paved the way for [[human]] dominance of Earth. Up to [[1875|present day]] Earth has very little knowledge of outer space, aether-sailing or other cultures out there, but the sporadic alien visits are making it slowly realize they are not alone in the universe. Earth has no formal diplomatic relationship with any [[Gnadra Accords]] signatories, making contact and trade with it extremely rare. == History == === Titan Era === Around 100,000 years ago, Earth was a primitive world inhabited by a few sentient races, most of which are nearly or completely extinct by 1875 AD. What those races were is unknown, but we know among them were [[trolls]], [[naga]] and a race of large simians called “[[girallons]]” by modern day humans. Even the naga of that age were mostly resembling other worlds’ [[naga aberration |aberration class naga]], being far more serpent-like than any half-human-looking modern day naga. In that ancient era, the [[Titans]] arrived to the [[Milky Way]] from [[NGC 1532|another galaxy]] and for unknown reasons, decided to take Earth as their capital for this galaxy. They built a series of large complexes which may have been facilities or towns, or both. The names Titans had for those complexes cannot be deciphered to this day but are currently known after the names of later places nearby. They are [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Thule]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]], [[Tunguska]], [[Jeju (Titan)|Jeju]], [[Shangri-La (Titan)|Shangri-La]], [[Lemuria]], [[Mu]], [[Aztlan]], [[Palenque]] and [[El Dorado]], as well as [[Antarctic Titan facility|another complex]] in [[the Antarctic]], of which 1875 humans know only from maps uncovered in Titan artifacts. For thousands of years, Titans were assisted in their endeavors by uncountable numbers of stone and metal golems of various forms. From Earth, Titans spread across the Galaxy and explored many planets that would at a later point bear intelligent life. Living in a utopian, post-singularity society, Titans avoided leaving a large blueprint on Earth, as settling it was never their primary goal. Unfortunately, around 77,000 years ago, their tireless pursuit of science led to them opening a portal to another dimension, home of the [[Elder Things]], gods of chaos and madness from beyond our universe. One of these creatures, known as [[Cthulhu]], emerged on Earth and cursed the Titan stone golems into flesh creatures to more easily corrupt their minds and turn them against the Titans. [[Titan Apocalypse|The cataclysm]] spread all across the Galaxy, wiping out most of the Titans. Some of the remaining survivors devised a plan that ultimately sealed off the alien beings back in their dimension. Even though the portals couldn't be destroyed completely, they were sealed with powerful technology and enchantments, with the one holding Cthulhu being located in the [[Mu]] facility, now known as R’lyeh. What happened to the remaining Titans after that is unknown, as they vanish from record at the same time as the Elder Things. === Age of Atlantis === Earth was left behind for the now fleshy descendants of the Titans' former golem servitors, among them humans, [[dwarves]], [[sphinx]]es and [[oni]]. In the following millennia, a scramble for the remains of Titan technology began, with many races recovering various tiny pieces of their knowledge. Based on those scraps of technology and magic, many new civilizations arose, eventually culminating in a period known as Age of Atlantis. Over 15,000 years ago, humans lived on only a relatively small piece of Earth, most of the planet occupied by other races, some of Titanic and some of native origin. As the former golems were still remembered as invaders and usurpers to the native races, mutual hatred arose. Even the Titanic races couldn’t work together, leading to an early period of war and chaos. During this era, the [[demon]] king [[Mara]] took one of his first mortal incarnations as the oni warlord [[Raijin]]. His most famous contemporaries were the human [[Atlas]], the founder of [[Atlantis]] and the sphinx [[Hapi]] whose image would later be worshiped as a god by the [[Egyptians]]. Eventually, a small number of powerful civilizations arose, among them the human [[Atlantis]], competing with the [[elves|elven]], sphinx and oni nations across the globe. Atlantis became a despotic, corrupt state that shunned everything non-human and sought to wipe out every non-human from Earth. Around 12,000 years ago, they uncovered a [[Atlantis superweapon|Titan superweapon]] in the ruins of the original Atlantis and attempted to use it. Whether due to their incompetence or elven sabotage, or even intended use, the weapon severely backfired and caused a [[Fall of Atlantis|global catastrophe]] that reshaped Earth. Most of the non-humans were wiped out as intended, although Atlantis itself was shattered and thrown to the bottom of the ocean. === The Hyperborean Age === Majority of the human race evacuated Atlantis in time and invaded [[Europe]] and [[Africa]], taking over the remains of elven and sphinx civilizations, eventually taking on some cultural traits of theirs. Soon afterwards, they spread into [[Asia]] where they adapted the oni and naga ruins for their own use. For the longest time, the most populous non-human races on Earth remained elves, who kept to the forests and away from human persecution, dwarves and [[trolls]] who retreated underground, and naga who remained within their ancient temples, scheming. Over the following seven thousand years, humans forgot their original ideology and non-human races became a subject of myth and superstition. Elves became “forest spirits”, dwarves and trolls became strange underground creatures and naga started breeding with humans to produce [[naga|hybrids]] that could infiltrate human civilization and take back their native homeworld. The last major threat to humanity was the [[giants]]. Once centered around the [[Mu]] facility, they spread from the now shattered continent, and flourished almost as much as humans, however remained primitive. Over 3000 years ago, the giants all over the world mobilized and the ensuing conflicts were remembered as the [[Gigantomachy]]. In the end, giants were nearly wiped out and would become extinct within the next thousand years. === Birth of Modern Human Civilization === //short synopsis of ancient human civilization and how this Earth is different with magic active in it// === The Middle Ages === //Middle Ages with magic in it, including prominent mage houses and persecution of magic// === Age of Reason === //The Age of "Reason" when Abrahamic religions nearly wiped out magic. 1500-1800// === Modern Era === //19th century on this Earth, including new advances in technology and rediscovery of some forgotten magic// == Geography == According to common galactic terminology, there are six continents and three oceans on Earth. The continents are [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[South America]], [[Australia]] and [[Antarctica]], although Earth natives count [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] as separate continents for cultural reasons. The oceans are according to both terms the [[Atlantic]], the [[Pacific]] and the [[Indian Ocean]]. Humans are dominant on all continents except the uninhabited Antarctica. === [[Eurasia]] === Eurasia is the largest and politically most important continent on Earth. The western subcontinent of [[Europe]] gave rise to most of Earth's current major political powers, including the [[British Empire]], [[United States of America]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Russia]], among others. Asia claims some of the oldest cultures on post-[[Atlantis]] Earth, including still-extant [[China]]. === [[Africa]] === Africa is one of the most technologically primitive continents on 19th century Earth, consisting mostly of small, tribal states or unclaimed territories but the major powers from [[Europe]] are slowly advancing into Africa. === [[North America]] === North America is one of the two post-colonial continents on Earth, being mostly occupied by descendants of colonists from [[Europe]] who proclaim their independence from the mother states. The most important state here is [[United States of America]], a rising power and a former colony of the [[British Empire]]. === [[South America]] === South America is another post-colonial continent, mostly divided between various former colonies of [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]], two former major powers of Earth, now greatly reduced in power. After some of the recent revelations, [[Brazil]], a state from South America, has taken an especially keen interest in [[the Aether]] and outer space. === [[Australia]] === Together with Oceania, Australia contains a large number of islands which are being slowly colonized by the major powers from [[Europe]]. Australia itself, the smallest continent on Earth, is currently ruled entirely by the [[British Empire]]. Many of the especially remote islands still contain active traces of ancient magic and technology, or become refuges for outlaws and criminals. === [[Antarctica]] === Currently uninhabited and the least explored continent on Earth, Antarctica is unpleasantly cold and home to very few varieties of life. === [[Hollow Earth]] === Earth's [[underworld]] is known as [[Hollow Earth]]. Although most of the ancient passages are now buried or otherwise severed, a few passages, including one in Iceland, are rumored to still exist. Commonly believed to be the realm of the dead, Hollow Earth is in fact mainly populated by [[dwarves]], [[troll]]s, [[troglodyte]]s and a sub-race of darkness-adjusted humans called [[Cimmerians]] who harbor deep hatred of surface humans for an ancient grudge, but lack organization to act on their hatreds. In deeper layers, a jungle lit by a point of elemental fire harbors more troglodytes, [[girallon]]s as well as a primitive sect of humanoid [[naga]]s. {{stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Major worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] b943d8c7d905e5d3a2f10f87c6a47c830a8bb6d1 121 120 2016-01-20T21:10:39Z Verroak 24955056 Verroak moved page [[TestEarth]] to [[User:User:Soulregos/TestEarth]] without leaving a redirect wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Earth |image=Earth.jpg |population=9,001 |day length=24 hours |year length=365 days |surface temp= 14° C |gravity=9.807 m/s² |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=Human |capital=? |government=? |rulers=? |settlements=? |languages=? |religions=? |affiliation=? }} '''Earth''' or '''Terra''' is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although most of the galactic community doesn't realize it, it was the first world [[Titans]] visited and colonized in [[the Galaxy]]. Before the Titans disappeared, it housed a large number of [[Titan facilities]], including famous ones in [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]] and [[Mu]] (also known as [[R'lyeh]]). After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], a number of native and [[Titanic races|Titan-implanted races]] fought for domination, culminating in a cataclysm that destroyed most of them and paved the way for [[human]] dominance of Earth. Up to [[1875|present day]] Earth has very little knowledge of outer space, aether-sailing or other cultures out there, but the sporadic alien visits are making it slowly realize they are not alone in the universe. Earth has no formal diplomatic relationship with any [[Gnadra Accords]] signatories, making contact and trade with it extremely rare. == History == === Titan Era === Around 100,000 years ago, Earth was a primitive world inhabited by a few sentient races, most of which are nearly or completely extinct by 1875 AD. What those races were is unknown, but we know among them were [[trolls]], [[naga]] and a race of large simians called “[[girallons]]” by modern day humans. Even the naga of that age were mostly resembling other worlds’ [[naga aberration |aberration class naga]], being far more serpent-like than any half-human-looking modern day naga. In that ancient era, the [[Titans]] arrived to the [[Milky Way]] from [[NGC 1532|another galaxy]] and for unknown reasons, decided to take Earth as their capital for this galaxy. They built a series of large complexes which may have been facilities or towns, or both. The names Titans had for those complexes cannot be deciphered to this day but are currently known after the names of later places nearby. They are [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Thule]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]], [[Tunguska]], [[Jeju (Titan)|Jeju]], [[Shangri-La (Titan)|Shangri-La]], [[Lemuria]], [[Mu]], [[Aztlan]], [[Palenque]] and [[El Dorado]], as well as [[Antarctic Titan facility|another complex]] in [[the Antarctic]], of which 1875 humans know only from maps uncovered in Titan artifacts. For thousands of years, Titans were assisted in their endeavors by uncountable numbers of stone and metal golems of various forms. From Earth, Titans spread across the Galaxy and explored many planets that would at a later point bear intelligent life. Living in a utopian, post-singularity society, Titans avoided leaving a large blueprint on Earth, as settling it was never their primary goal. Unfortunately, around 77,000 years ago, their tireless pursuit of science led to them opening a portal to another dimension, home of the [[Elder Things]], gods of chaos and madness from beyond our universe. One of these creatures, known as [[Cthulhu]], emerged on Earth and cursed the Titan stone golems into flesh creatures to more easily corrupt their minds and turn them against the Titans. [[Titan Apocalypse|The cataclysm]] spread all across the Galaxy, wiping out most of the Titans. Some of the remaining survivors devised a plan that ultimately sealed off the alien beings back in their dimension. Even though the portals couldn't be destroyed completely, they were sealed with powerful technology and enchantments, with the one holding Cthulhu being located in the [[Mu]] facility, now known as R’lyeh. What happened to the remaining Titans after that is unknown, as they vanish from record at the same time as the Elder Things. === Age of Atlantis === Earth was left behind for the now fleshy descendants of the Titans' former golem servitors, among them humans, [[dwarves]], [[sphinx]]es and [[oni]]. In the following millennia, a scramble for the remains of Titan technology began, with many races recovering various tiny pieces of their knowledge. Based on those scraps of technology and magic, many new civilizations arose, eventually culminating in a period known as Age of Atlantis. Over 15,000 years ago, humans lived on only a relatively small piece of Earth, most of the planet occupied by other races, some of Titanic and some of native origin. As the former golems were still remembered as invaders and usurpers to the native races, mutual hatred arose. Even the Titanic races couldn’t work together, leading to an early period of war and chaos. During this era, the [[demon]] king [[Mara]] took one of his first mortal incarnations as the oni warlord [[Raijin]]. His most famous contemporaries were the human [[Atlas]], the founder of [[Atlantis]] and the sphinx [[Hapi]] whose image would later be worshiped as a god by the [[Egyptians]]. Eventually, a small number of powerful civilizations arose, among them the human [[Atlantis]], competing with the [[elves|elven]], sphinx and oni nations across the globe. Atlantis became a despotic, corrupt state that shunned everything non-human and sought to wipe out every non-human from Earth. Around 12,000 years ago, they uncovered a [[Atlantis superweapon|Titan superweapon]] in the ruins of the original Atlantis and attempted to use it. Whether due to their incompetence or elven sabotage, or even intended use, the weapon severely backfired and caused a [[Fall of Atlantis|global catastrophe]] that reshaped Earth. Most of the non-humans were wiped out as intended, although Atlantis itself was shattered and thrown to the bottom of the ocean. === The Hyperborean Age === Majority of the human race evacuated Atlantis in time and invaded [[Europe]] and [[Africa]], taking over the remains of elven and sphinx civilizations, eventually taking on some cultural traits of theirs. Soon afterwards, they spread into [[Asia]] where they adapted the oni and naga ruins for their own use. For the longest time, the most populous non-human races on Earth remained elves, who kept to the forests and away from human persecution, dwarves and [[trolls]] who retreated underground, and naga who remained within their ancient temples, scheming. Over the following seven thousand years, humans forgot their original ideology and non-human races became a subject of myth and superstition. Elves became “forest spirits”, dwarves and trolls became strange underground creatures and naga started breeding with humans to produce [[naga|hybrids]] that could infiltrate human civilization and take back their native homeworld. The last major threat to humanity was the [[giants]]. Once centered around the [[Mu]] facility, they spread from the now shattered continent, and flourished almost as much as humans, however remained primitive. Over 3000 years ago, the giants all over the world mobilized and the ensuing conflicts were remembered as the [[Gigantomachy]]. In the end, giants were nearly wiped out and would become extinct within the next thousand years. === Birth of Modern Human Civilization === //short synopsis of ancient human civilization and how this Earth is different with magic active in it// === The Middle Ages === //Middle Ages with magic in it, including prominent mage houses and persecution of magic// === Age of Reason === //The Age of "Reason" when Abrahamic religions nearly wiped out magic. 1500-1800// === Modern Era === //19th century on this Earth, including new advances in technology and rediscovery of some forgotten magic// == Geography == According to common galactic terminology, there are six continents and three oceans on Earth. The continents are [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[South America]], [[Australia]] and [[Antarctica]], although Earth natives count [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] as separate continents for cultural reasons. The oceans are according to both terms the [[Atlantic]], the [[Pacific]] and the [[Indian Ocean]]. Humans are dominant on all continents except the uninhabited Antarctica. === [[Eurasia]] === Eurasia is the largest and politically most important continent on Earth. The western subcontinent of [[Europe]] gave rise to most of Earth's current major political powers, including the [[British Empire]], [[United States of America]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Russia]], among others. Asia claims some of the oldest cultures on post-[[Atlantis]] Earth, including still-extant [[China]]. === [[Africa]] === Africa is one of the most technologically primitive continents on 19th century Earth, consisting mostly of small, tribal states or unclaimed territories but the major powers from [[Europe]] are slowly advancing into Africa. === [[North America]] === North America is one of the two post-colonial continents on Earth, being mostly occupied by descendants of colonists from [[Europe]] who proclaim their independence from the mother states. The most important state here is [[United States of America]], a rising power and a former colony of the [[British Empire]]. === [[South America]] === South America is another post-colonial continent, mostly divided between various former colonies of [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]], two former major powers of Earth, now greatly reduced in power. After some of the recent revelations, [[Brazil]], a state from South America, has taken an especially keen interest in [[the Aether]] and outer space. === [[Australia]] === Together with Oceania, Australia contains a large number of islands which are being slowly colonized by the major powers from [[Europe]]. Australia itself, the smallest continent on Earth, is currently ruled entirely by the [[British Empire]]. Many of the especially remote islands still contain active traces of ancient magic and technology, or become refuges for outlaws and criminals. === [[Antarctica]] === Currently uninhabited and the least explored continent on Earth, Antarctica is unpleasantly cold and home to very few varieties of life. === [[Hollow Earth]] === Earth's [[underworld]] is known as [[Hollow Earth]]. Although most of the ancient passages are now buried or otherwise severed, a few passages, including one in Iceland, are rumored to still exist. Commonly believed to be the realm of the dead, Hollow Earth is in fact mainly populated by [[dwarves]], [[troll]]s, [[troglodyte]]s and a sub-race of darkness-adjusted humans called [[Cimmerians]] who harbor deep hatred of surface humans for an ancient grudge, but lack organization to act on their hatreds. In deeper layers, a jungle lit by a point of elemental fire harbors more troglodytes, [[girallon]]s as well as a primitive sect of humanoid [[naga]]s. {{stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Major worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] b943d8c7d905e5d3a2f10f87c6a47c830a8bb6d1 122 121 2016-01-20T21:14:33Z Verroak 24955056 Verroak moved page [[User:User:Soulregos/TestEarth]] to [[User:Soulregos/TestEarth]] without leaving a redirect wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Earth |image=Earth.jpg |population=9,001 |day length=24 hours |year length=365 days |surface temp= 14° C |gravity=9.807 m/s² |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=Human |capital=? |government=? |rulers=? |settlements=? |languages=? |religions=? |affiliation=? }} '''Earth''' or '''Terra''' is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although most of the galactic community doesn't realize it, it was the first world [[Titans]] visited and colonized in [[the Galaxy]]. Before the Titans disappeared, it housed a large number of [[Titan facilities]], including famous ones in [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]] and [[Mu]] (also known as [[R'lyeh]]). After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], a number of native and [[Titanic races|Titan-implanted races]] fought for domination, culminating in a cataclysm that destroyed most of them and paved the way for [[human]] dominance of Earth. Up to [[1875|present day]] Earth has very little knowledge of outer space, aether-sailing or other cultures out there, but the sporadic alien visits are making it slowly realize they are not alone in the universe. Earth has no formal diplomatic relationship with any [[Gnadra Accords]] signatories, making contact and trade with it extremely rare. == History == === Titan Era === Around 100,000 years ago, Earth was a primitive world inhabited by a few sentient races, most of which are nearly or completely extinct by 1875 AD. What those races were is unknown, but we know among them were [[trolls]], [[naga]] and a race of large simians called “[[girallons]]” by modern day humans. Even the naga of that age were mostly resembling other worlds’ [[naga aberration |aberration class naga]], being far more serpent-like than any half-human-looking modern day naga. In that ancient era, the [[Titans]] arrived to the [[Milky Way]] from [[NGC 1532|another galaxy]] and for unknown reasons, decided to take Earth as their capital for this galaxy. They built a series of large complexes which may have been facilities or towns, or both. The names Titans had for those complexes cannot be deciphered to this day but are currently known after the names of later places nearby. They are [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Thule]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]], [[Tunguska]], [[Jeju (Titan)|Jeju]], [[Shangri-La (Titan)|Shangri-La]], [[Lemuria]], [[Mu]], [[Aztlan]], [[Palenque]] and [[El Dorado]], as well as [[Antarctic Titan facility|another complex]] in [[the Antarctic]], of which 1875 humans know only from maps uncovered in Titan artifacts. For thousands of years, Titans were assisted in their endeavors by uncountable numbers of stone and metal golems of various forms. From Earth, Titans spread across the Galaxy and explored many planets that would at a later point bear intelligent life. Living in a utopian, post-singularity society, Titans avoided leaving a large blueprint on Earth, as settling it was never their primary goal. Unfortunately, around 77,000 years ago, their tireless pursuit of science led to them opening a portal to another dimension, home of the [[Elder Things]], gods of chaos and madness from beyond our universe. One of these creatures, known as [[Cthulhu]], emerged on Earth and cursed the Titan stone golems into flesh creatures to more easily corrupt their minds and turn them against the Titans. [[Titan Apocalypse|The cataclysm]] spread all across the Galaxy, wiping out most of the Titans. Some of the remaining survivors devised a plan that ultimately sealed off the alien beings back in their dimension. Even though the portals couldn't be destroyed completely, they were sealed with powerful technology and enchantments, with the one holding Cthulhu being located in the [[Mu]] facility, now known as R’lyeh. What happened to the remaining Titans after that is unknown, as they vanish from record at the same time as the Elder Things. === Age of Atlantis === Earth was left behind for the now fleshy descendants of the Titans' former golem servitors, among them humans, [[dwarves]], [[sphinx]]es and [[oni]]. In the following millennia, a scramble for the remains of Titan technology began, with many races recovering various tiny pieces of their knowledge. Based on those scraps of technology and magic, many new civilizations arose, eventually culminating in a period known as Age of Atlantis. Over 15,000 years ago, humans lived on only a relatively small piece of Earth, most of the planet occupied by other races, some of Titanic and some of native origin. As the former golems were still remembered as invaders and usurpers to the native races, mutual hatred arose. Even the Titanic races couldn’t work together, leading to an early period of war and chaos. During this era, the [[demon]] king [[Mara]] took one of his first mortal incarnations as the oni warlord [[Raijin]]. His most famous contemporaries were the human [[Atlas]], the founder of [[Atlantis]] and the sphinx [[Hapi]] whose image would later be worshiped as a god by the [[Egyptians]]. Eventually, a small number of powerful civilizations arose, among them the human [[Atlantis]], competing with the [[elves|elven]], sphinx and oni nations across the globe. Atlantis became a despotic, corrupt state that shunned everything non-human and sought to wipe out every non-human from Earth. Around 12,000 years ago, they uncovered a [[Atlantis superweapon|Titan superweapon]] in the ruins of the original Atlantis and attempted to use it. Whether due to their incompetence or elven sabotage, or even intended use, the weapon severely backfired and caused a [[Fall of Atlantis|global catastrophe]] that reshaped Earth. Most of the non-humans were wiped out as intended, although Atlantis itself was shattered and thrown to the bottom of the ocean. === The Hyperborean Age === Majority of the human race evacuated Atlantis in time and invaded [[Europe]] and [[Africa]], taking over the remains of elven and sphinx civilizations, eventually taking on some cultural traits of theirs. Soon afterwards, they spread into [[Asia]] where they adapted the oni and naga ruins for their own use. For the longest time, the most populous non-human races on Earth remained elves, who kept to the forests and away from human persecution, dwarves and [[trolls]] who retreated underground, and naga who remained within their ancient temples, scheming. Over the following seven thousand years, humans forgot their original ideology and non-human races became a subject of myth and superstition. Elves became “forest spirits”, dwarves and trolls became strange underground creatures and naga started breeding with humans to produce [[naga|hybrids]] that could infiltrate human civilization and take back their native homeworld. The last major threat to humanity was the [[giants]]. Once centered around the [[Mu]] facility, they spread from the now shattered continent, and flourished almost as much as humans, however remained primitive. Over 3000 years ago, the giants all over the world mobilized and the ensuing conflicts were remembered as the [[Gigantomachy]]. In the end, giants were nearly wiped out and would become extinct within the next thousand years. === Birth of Modern Human Civilization === //short synopsis of ancient human civilization and how this Earth is different with magic active in it// === The Middle Ages === //Middle Ages with magic in it, including prominent mage houses and persecution of magic// === Age of Reason === //The Age of "Reason" when Abrahamic religions nearly wiped out magic. 1500-1800// === Modern Era === //19th century on this Earth, including new advances in technology and rediscovery of some forgotten magic// == Geography == According to common galactic terminology, there are six continents and three oceans on Earth. The continents are [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[South America]], [[Australia]] and [[Antarctica]], although Earth natives count [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] as separate continents for cultural reasons. The oceans are according to both terms the [[Atlantic]], the [[Pacific]] and the [[Indian Ocean]]. Humans are dominant on all continents except the uninhabited Antarctica. === [[Eurasia]] === Eurasia is the largest and politically most important continent on Earth. The western subcontinent of [[Europe]] gave rise to most of Earth's current major political powers, including the [[British Empire]], [[United States of America]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Russia]], among others. Asia claims some of the oldest cultures on post-[[Atlantis]] Earth, including still-extant [[China]]. === [[Africa]] === Africa is one of the most technologically primitive continents on 19th century Earth, consisting mostly of small, tribal states or unclaimed territories but the major powers from [[Europe]] are slowly advancing into Africa. === [[North America]] === North America is one of the two post-colonial continents on Earth, being mostly occupied by descendants of colonists from [[Europe]] who proclaim their independence from the mother states. The most important state here is [[United States of America]], a rising power and a former colony of the [[British Empire]]. === [[South America]] === South America is another post-colonial continent, mostly divided between various former colonies of [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]], two former major powers of Earth, now greatly reduced in power. After some of the recent revelations, [[Brazil]], a state from South America, has taken an especially keen interest in [[the Aether]] and outer space. === [[Australia]] === Together with Oceania, Australia contains a large number of islands which are being slowly colonized by the major powers from [[Europe]]. Australia itself, the smallest continent on Earth, is currently ruled entirely by the [[British Empire]]. Many of the especially remote islands still contain active traces of ancient magic and technology, or become refuges for outlaws and criminals. === [[Antarctica]] === Currently uninhabited and the least explored continent on Earth, Antarctica is unpleasantly cold and home to very few varieties of life. === [[Hollow Earth]] === Earth's [[underworld]] is known as [[Hollow Earth]]. Although most of the ancient passages are now buried or otherwise severed, a few passages, including one in Iceland, are rumored to still exist. Commonly believed to be the realm of the dead, Hollow Earth is in fact mainly populated by [[dwarves]], [[troll]]s, [[troglodyte]]s and a sub-race of darkness-adjusted humans called [[Cimmerians]] who harbor deep hatred of surface humans for an ancient grudge, but lack organization to act on their hatreds. In deeper layers, a jungle lit by a point of elemental fire harbors more troglodytes, [[girallon]]s as well as a primitive sect of humanoid [[naga]]s. {{stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Major worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] b943d8c7d905e5d3a2f10f87c6a47c830a8bb6d1 6 58 118 2016-01-20T19:02:08Z Soluregos 24955228 wikitext text/x-wiki da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709 0 32 124 60 2016-01-20T21:41:15Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Mars |image=Mars.jpg |population=178 million |day length=24,5 hours |year length=687 days |surface temp= 5° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide |species=[[Thorak]], [[Hothak]], [[Khorak]], [[Human]], [[Scorpid]] |affiliation=Divided ([[Great Commune of Mars]] and various tribes) }} '''Mars''' is a [[groundling world|groundling]] [[desert world]] in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although now cold and slowly dying, Mars is known to have once been a vibrant, terrestrial world and home to an advanced civilization speculated to have had space travel capabilities. Even now, a number of races survive on and below its surface. == History == Much like neighboring [[Earth]], Mars was visited by the [[Titans]]. While they left much less creatures and technology, their influence was nevertheless very striking. [[Titan Apocalypse]] has also been less devastating, leaving it in favorable position compared to Earth. Tens of thousands years later, Martian races began developing advanced technology and magic partially based on titanic. Over 15,000 years ago, Mars developed the basics of aether-sailing technology. At the same time, rising civilizations on Earth report seeing mysterious, erratically moving lights. Contemporary Earth civilizations believed life existed only on Earth and took these lights to be natural phenomena or divine messengers. It is more likely these were experimental Martian craft. Despite these technological advances, Mars was politically separated. The exact causes of conflict are unknown, but over 14,800 years ago, the great powers on the planet engaged in a cataclysmic war. The use of weapons of mass destruction, such as [[black smoke]] ravaged the planet and left it a cold, choking desert. A few populations managed to survive through various forms of protection. The reptilian [[Green Martians]] along with their [[Grey Martians|Grey]] allies survived in isolated, underground bunkers. Human [[Red Martians]] protected themselves with magic, although their more technologically inclined states had perished. A number of unprotected Green Martians left on the surface became irradiated and mutated into the creatures known as [[khorak]]s. The hostile scorpid swarms survived by burrowing deep under the surface. Red Martians remained disorganized, but the underground survivors formed the [[Martian Commune]], a totalitarian, collectivist regime. The Commune failed to develop in any way, using their meager resources to barely survive. Now, in 1875 AD, they look at Earth with jealousy and plan to unleash their ancient superweapons in a desperate bid to gain resources to restore their planet. {{stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] 1df5aed6872f14fd7542ada6ee63983186f4f983 2 57 125 122 2016-01-20T22:04:43Z Soluregos 24955228 Soluregos moved page [[User:Soulregos/TestEarth]] to [[User:Soluregos/TestEarth]]: Typo. wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Earth |image=Earth.jpg |population=9,001 |day length=24 hours |year length=365 days |surface temp= 14° C |gravity=9.807 m/s² |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=Human |capital=? |government=? |rulers=? |settlements=? |languages=? |religions=? |affiliation=? }} '''Earth''' or '''Terra''' is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although most of the galactic community doesn't realize it, it was the first world [[Titans]] visited and colonized in [[the Galaxy]]. Before the Titans disappeared, it housed a large number of [[Titan facilities]], including famous ones in [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]] and [[Mu]] (also known as [[R'lyeh]]). After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], a number of native and [[Titanic races|Titan-implanted races]] fought for domination, culminating in a cataclysm that destroyed most of them and paved the way for [[human]] dominance of Earth. Up to [[1875|present day]] Earth has very little knowledge of outer space, aether-sailing or other cultures out there, but the sporadic alien visits are making it slowly realize they are not alone in the universe. Earth has no formal diplomatic relationship with any [[Gnadra Accords]] signatories, making contact and trade with it extremely rare. == History == === Titan Era === Around 100,000 years ago, Earth was a primitive world inhabited by a few sentient races, most of which are nearly or completely extinct by 1875 AD. What those races were is unknown, but we know among them were [[trolls]], [[naga]] and a race of large simians called “[[girallons]]” by modern day humans. Even the naga of that age were mostly resembling other worlds’ [[naga aberration |aberration class naga]], being far more serpent-like than any half-human-looking modern day naga. In that ancient era, the [[Titans]] arrived to the [[Milky Way]] from [[NGC 1532|another galaxy]] and for unknown reasons, decided to take Earth as their capital for this galaxy. They built a series of large complexes which may have been facilities or towns, or both. The names Titans had for those complexes cannot be deciphered to this day but are currently known after the names of later places nearby. They are [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Thule]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]], [[Tunguska]], [[Jeju (Titan)|Jeju]], [[Shangri-La (Titan)|Shangri-La]], [[Lemuria]], [[Mu]], [[Aztlan]], [[Palenque]] and [[El Dorado]], as well as [[Antarctic Titan facility|another complex]] in [[the Antarctic]], of which 1875 humans know only from maps uncovered in Titan artifacts. For thousands of years, Titans were assisted in their endeavors by uncountable numbers of stone and metal golems of various forms. From Earth, Titans spread across the Galaxy and explored many planets that would at a later point bear intelligent life. Living in a utopian, post-singularity society, Titans avoided leaving a large blueprint on Earth, as settling it was never their primary goal. Unfortunately, around 77,000 years ago, their tireless pursuit of science led to them opening a portal to another dimension, home of the [[Elder Things]], gods of chaos and madness from beyond our universe. One of these creatures, known as [[Cthulhu]], emerged on Earth and cursed the Titan stone golems into flesh creatures to more easily corrupt their minds and turn them against the Titans. [[Titan Apocalypse|The cataclysm]] spread all across the Galaxy, wiping out most of the Titans. Some of the remaining survivors devised a plan that ultimately sealed off the alien beings back in their dimension. Even though the portals couldn't be destroyed completely, they were sealed with powerful technology and enchantments, with the one holding Cthulhu being located in the [[Mu]] facility, now known as R’lyeh. What happened to the remaining Titans after that is unknown, as they vanish from record at the same time as the Elder Things. === Age of Atlantis === Earth was left behind for the now fleshy descendants of the Titans' former golem servitors, among them humans, [[dwarves]], [[sphinx]]es and [[oni]]. In the following millennia, a scramble for the remains of Titan technology began, with many races recovering various tiny pieces of their knowledge. Based on those scraps of technology and magic, many new civilizations arose, eventually culminating in a period known as Age of Atlantis. Over 15,000 years ago, humans lived on only a relatively small piece of Earth, most of the planet occupied by other races, some of Titanic and some of native origin. As the former golems were still remembered as invaders and usurpers to the native races, mutual hatred arose. Even the Titanic races couldn’t work together, leading to an early period of war and chaos. During this era, the [[demon]] king [[Mara]] took one of his first mortal incarnations as the oni warlord [[Raijin]]. His most famous contemporaries were the human [[Atlas]], the founder of [[Atlantis]] and the sphinx [[Hapi]] whose image would later be worshiped as a god by the [[Egyptians]]. Eventually, a small number of powerful civilizations arose, among them the human [[Atlantis]], competing with the [[elves|elven]], sphinx and oni nations across the globe. Atlantis became a despotic, corrupt state that shunned everything non-human and sought to wipe out every non-human from Earth. Around 12,000 years ago, they uncovered a [[Atlantis superweapon|Titan superweapon]] in the ruins of the original Atlantis and attempted to use it. Whether due to their incompetence or elven sabotage, or even intended use, the weapon severely backfired and caused a [[Fall of Atlantis|global catastrophe]] that reshaped Earth. Most of the non-humans were wiped out as intended, although Atlantis itself was shattered and thrown to the bottom of the ocean. === The Hyperborean Age === Majority of the human race evacuated Atlantis in time and invaded [[Europe]] and [[Africa]], taking over the remains of elven and sphinx civilizations, eventually taking on some cultural traits of theirs. Soon afterwards, they spread into [[Asia]] where they adapted the oni and naga ruins for their own use. For the longest time, the most populous non-human races on Earth remained elves, who kept to the forests and away from human persecution, dwarves and [[trolls]] who retreated underground, and naga who remained within their ancient temples, scheming. Over the following seven thousand years, humans forgot their original ideology and non-human races became a subject of myth and superstition. Elves became “forest spirits”, dwarves and trolls became strange underground creatures and naga started breeding with humans to produce [[naga|hybrids]] that could infiltrate human civilization and take back their native homeworld. The last major threat to humanity was the [[giants]]. Once centered around the [[Mu]] facility, they spread from the now shattered continent, and flourished almost as much as humans, however remained primitive. Over 3000 years ago, the giants all over the world mobilized and the ensuing conflicts were remembered as the [[Gigantomachy]]. In the end, giants were nearly wiped out and would become extinct within the next thousand years. === Birth of Modern Human Civilization === //short synopsis of ancient human civilization and how this Earth is different with magic active in it// === The Middle Ages === //Middle Ages with magic in it, including prominent mage houses and persecution of magic// === Age of Reason === //The Age of "Reason" when Abrahamic religions nearly wiped out magic. 1500-1800// === Modern Era === //19th century on this Earth, including new advances in technology and rediscovery of some forgotten magic// == Geography == According to common galactic terminology, there are six continents and three oceans on Earth. The continents are [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[South America]], [[Australia]] and [[Antarctica]], although Earth natives count [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] as separate continents for cultural reasons. The oceans are according to both terms the [[Atlantic]], the [[Pacific]] and the [[Indian Ocean]]. Humans are dominant on all continents except the uninhabited Antarctica. === [[Eurasia]] === Eurasia is the largest and politically most important continent on Earth. The western subcontinent of [[Europe]] gave rise to most of Earth's current major political powers, including the [[British Empire]], [[United States of America]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Russia]], among others. Asia claims some of the oldest cultures on post-[[Atlantis]] Earth, including still-extant [[China]]. === [[Africa]] === Africa is one of the most technologically primitive continents on 19th century Earth, consisting mostly of small, tribal states or unclaimed territories but the major powers from [[Europe]] are slowly advancing into Africa. === [[North America]] === North America is one of the two post-colonial continents on Earth, being mostly occupied by descendants of colonists from [[Europe]] who proclaim their independence from the mother states. The most important state here is [[United States of America]], a rising power and a former colony of the [[British Empire]]. === [[South America]] === South America is another post-colonial continent, mostly divided between various former colonies of [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]], two former major powers of Earth, now greatly reduced in power. After some of the recent revelations, [[Brazil]], a state from South America, has taken an especially keen interest in [[the Aether]] and outer space. === [[Australia]] === Together with Oceania, Australia contains a large number of islands which are being slowly colonized by the major powers from [[Europe]]. Australia itself, the smallest continent on Earth, is currently ruled entirely by the [[British Empire]]. Many of the especially remote islands still contain active traces of ancient magic and technology, or become refuges for outlaws and criminals. === [[Antarctica]] === Currently uninhabited and the least explored continent on Earth, Antarctica is unpleasantly cold and home to very few varieties of life. === [[Hollow Earth]] === Earth's [[underworld]] is known as [[Hollow Earth]]. Although most of the ancient passages are now buried or otherwise severed, a few passages, including one in Iceland, are rumored to still exist. Commonly believed to be the realm of the dead, Hollow Earth is in fact mainly populated by [[dwarves]], [[troll]]s, [[troglodyte]]s and a sub-race of darkness-adjusted humans called [[Cimmerians]] who harbor deep hatred of surface humans for an ancient grudge, but lack organization to act on their hatreds. In deeper layers, a jungle lit by a point of elemental fire harbors more troglodytes, [[girallon]]s as well as a primitive sect of humanoid [[naga]]s. {{stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Major worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] b943d8c7d905e5d3a2f10f87c6a47c830a8bb6d1 127 125 2016-01-20T22:06:37Z Soluregos 24955228 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Earth |image=Earth.jpg |population=9,001 |day length=24 hours |year length=365 days |surface temp= 14° C |gravity=9.807 m/s² |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |moons=Moon/Luna |species=Human |capital=? |government=? |rulers=? |settlements=? |languages=? |religions=? |affiliation=? }} '''Earth''' or '''Terra''' is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although most of the galactic community doesn't realize it, it was the first world [[Titans]] visited and colonized in [[the Galaxy]]. Before the Titans disappeared, it housed a large number of [[Titan facilities]], including famous ones in [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]] and [[Mu]] (also known as [[R'lyeh]]). After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], a number of native and [[Titanic races|Titan-implanted races]] fought for domination, culminating in a cataclysm that destroyed most of them and paved the way for [[human]] dominance of Earth. Up to [[1875|present day]] Earth has very little knowledge of outer space, aether-sailing or other cultures out there, but the sporadic alien visits are making it slowly realize they are not alone in the universe. Earth has no formal diplomatic relationship with any [[Gnadra Accords]] signatories, making contact and trade with it extremely rare. == History == === Titan Era === Around 100,000 years ago, Earth was a primitive world inhabited by a few sentient races, most of which are nearly or completely extinct by 1875 AD. What those races were is unknown, but we know among them were [[trolls]], [[naga]] and a race of large simians called “[[girallons]]” by modern day humans. Even the naga of that age were mostly resembling other worlds’ [[naga aberration |aberration class naga]], being far more serpent-like than any half-human-looking modern day naga. In that ancient era, the [[Titans]] arrived to the [[Milky Way]] from [[NGC 1532|another galaxy]] and for unknown reasons, decided to take Earth as their capital for this galaxy. They built a series of large complexes which may have been facilities or towns, or both. The names Titans had for those complexes cannot be deciphered to this day but are currently known after the names of later places nearby. They are [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Thule]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]], [[Tunguska]], [[Jeju (Titan)|Jeju]], [[Shangri-La (Titan)|Shangri-La]], [[Lemuria]], [[Mu]], [[Aztlan]], [[Palenque]] and [[El Dorado]], as well as [[Antarctic Titan facility|another complex]] in [[the Antarctic]], of which 1875 humans know only from maps uncovered in Titan artifacts. For thousands of years, Titans were assisted in their endeavors by uncountable numbers of stone and metal golems of various forms. From Earth, Titans spread across the Galaxy and explored many planets that would at a later point bear intelligent life. Living in a utopian, post-singularity society, Titans avoided leaving a large blueprint on Earth, as settling it was never their primary goal. Unfortunately, around 77,000 years ago, their tireless pursuit of science led to them opening a portal to another dimension, home of the [[Elder Things]], gods of chaos and madness from beyond our universe. One of these creatures, known as [[Cthulhu]], emerged on Earth and cursed the Titan stone golems into flesh creatures to more easily corrupt their minds and turn them against the Titans. [[Titan Apocalypse|The cataclysm]] spread all across the Galaxy, wiping out most of the Titans. Some of the remaining survivors devised a plan that ultimately sealed off the alien beings back in their dimension. Even though the portals couldn't be destroyed completely, they were sealed with powerful technology and enchantments, with the one holding Cthulhu being located in the [[Mu]] facility, now known as R’lyeh. What happened to the remaining Titans after that is unknown, as they vanish from record at the same time as the Elder Things. === Age of Atlantis === Earth was left behind for the now fleshy descendants of the Titans' former golem servitors, among them humans, [[dwarves]], [[sphinx]]es and [[oni]]. In the following millennia, a scramble for the remains of Titan technology began, with many races recovering various tiny pieces of their knowledge. Based on those scraps of technology and magic, many new civilizations arose, eventually culminating in a period known as Age of Atlantis. Over 15,000 years ago, humans lived on only a relatively small piece of Earth, most of the planet occupied by other races, some of Titanic and some of native origin. As the former golems were still remembered as invaders and usurpers to the native races, mutual hatred arose. Even the Titanic races couldn’t work together, leading to an early period of war and chaos. During this era, the [[demon]] king [[Mara]] took one of his first mortal incarnations as the oni warlord [[Raijin]]. His most famous contemporaries were the human [[Atlas]], the founder of [[Atlantis]] and the sphinx [[Hapi]] whose image would later be worshiped as a god by the [[Egyptians]]. Eventually, a small number of powerful civilizations arose, among them the human [[Atlantis]], competing with the [[elves|elven]], sphinx and oni nations across the globe. Atlantis became a despotic, corrupt state that shunned everything non-human and sought to wipe out every non-human from Earth. Around 12,000 years ago, they uncovered a [[Atlantis superweapon|Titan superweapon]] in the ruins of the original Atlantis and attempted to use it. Whether due to their incompetence or elven sabotage, or even intended use, the weapon severely backfired and caused a [[Fall of Atlantis|global catastrophe]] that reshaped Earth. Most of the non-humans were wiped out as intended, although Atlantis itself was shattered and thrown to the bottom of the ocean. === The Hyperborean Age === Majority of the human race evacuated Atlantis in time and invaded [[Europe]] and [[Africa]], taking over the remains of elven and sphinx civilizations, eventually taking on some cultural traits of theirs. Soon afterwards, they spread into [[Asia]] where they adapted the oni and naga ruins for their own use. For the longest time, the most populous non-human races on Earth remained elves, who kept to the forests and away from human persecution, dwarves and [[trolls]] who retreated underground, and naga who remained within their ancient temples, scheming. Over the following seven thousand years, humans forgot their original ideology and non-human races became a subject of myth and superstition. Elves became “forest spirits”, dwarves and trolls became strange underground creatures and naga started breeding with humans to produce [[naga|hybrids]] that could infiltrate human civilization and take back their native homeworld. The last major threat to humanity was the [[giants]]. Once centered around the [[Mu]] facility, they spread from the now shattered continent, and flourished almost as much as humans, however remained primitive. Over 3000 years ago, the giants all over the world mobilized and the ensuing conflicts were remembered as the [[Gigantomachy]]. In the end, giants were nearly wiped out and would become extinct within the next thousand years. === Birth of Modern Human Civilization === //short synopsis of ancient human civilization and how this Earth is different with magic active in it// === The Middle Ages === //Middle Ages with magic in it, including prominent mage houses and persecution of magic// === Age of Reason === //The Age of "Reason" when Abrahamic religions nearly wiped out magic. 1500-1800// === Modern Era === //19th century on this Earth, including new advances in technology and rediscovery of some forgotten magic// == Geography == According to common galactic terminology, there are six continents and three oceans on Earth. The continents are [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[South America]], [[Australia]] and [[Antarctica]], although Earth natives count [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] as separate continents for cultural reasons. The oceans are according to both terms the [[Atlantic]], the [[Pacific]] and the [[Indian Ocean]]. Humans are dominant on all continents except the uninhabited Antarctica. === [[Eurasia]] === Eurasia is the largest and politically most important continent on Earth. The western subcontinent of [[Europe]] gave rise to most of Earth's current major political powers, including the [[British Empire]], [[United States of America]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Russia]], among others. Asia claims some of the oldest cultures on post-[[Atlantis]] Earth, including still-extant [[China]]. === [[Africa]] === Africa is one of the most technologically primitive continents on 19th century Earth, consisting mostly of small, tribal states or unclaimed territories but the major powers from [[Europe]] are slowly advancing into Africa. === [[North America]] === North America is one of the two post-colonial continents on Earth, being mostly occupied by descendants of colonists from [[Europe]] who proclaim their independence from the mother states. The most important state here is [[United States of America]], a rising power and a former colony of the [[British Empire]]. === [[South America]] === South America is another post-colonial continent, mostly divided between various former colonies of [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]], two former major powers of Earth, now greatly reduced in power. After some of the recent revelations, [[Brazil]], a state from South America, has taken an especially keen interest in [[the Aether]] and outer space. === [[Australia]] === Together with Oceania, Australia contains a large number of islands which are being slowly colonized by the major powers from [[Europe]]. Australia itself, the smallest continent on Earth, is currently ruled entirely by the [[British Empire]]. Many of the especially remote islands still contain active traces of ancient magic and technology, or become refuges for outlaws and criminals. === [[Antarctica]] === Currently uninhabited and the least explored continent on Earth, Antarctica is unpleasantly cold and home to very few varieties of life. === [[Hollow Earth]] === Earth's [[underworld]] is known as [[Hollow Earth]]. Although most of the ancient passages are now buried or otherwise severed, a few passages, including one in Iceland, are rumored to still exist. Commonly believed to be the realm of the dead, Hollow Earth is in fact mainly populated by [[dwarves]], [[troll]]s, [[troglodyte]]s and a sub-race of darkness-adjusted humans called [[Cimmerians]] who harbor deep hatred of surface humans for an ancient grudge, but lack organization to act on their hatreds. In deeper layers, a jungle lit by a point of elemental fire harbors more troglodytes, [[girallon]]s as well as a primitive sect of humanoid [[naga]]s. {{stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Major worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] 3ca764f20a15f8f051e3b8065cd4e6141c48c2e1 129 127 2016-01-20T23:01:26Z Soluregos 24955228 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Earth |image=Earth.jpg |population=9,001 |day length=24 hours |year length=365 days |surface temp= 14° C |gravity=9.807 m/s² |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |moons=1 ([[Moon]]) |species=Human |capital=? |government=? |rulers=? |settlements=? |languages=? |religions=? |affiliation=? }} '''Earth''' or '''Terra''' is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although most of the galactic community doesn't realize it, it was the first world [[Titans]] visited and colonized in [[the Galaxy]]. Before the Titans disappeared, it housed a large number of [[Titan facilities]], including famous ones in [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]] and [[Mu]] (also known as [[R'lyeh]]). After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], a number of native and [[Titanic races|Titan-implanted races]] fought for domination, culminating in a cataclysm that destroyed most of them and paved the way for [[human]] dominance of Earth. Up to [[1875|present day]] Earth has very little knowledge of outer space, aether-sailing or other cultures out there, but the sporadic alien visits are making it slowly realize they are not alone in the universe. Earth has no formal diplomatic relationship with any [[Gnadra Accords]] signatories, making contact and trade with it extremely rare. == History == === Titan Era === Around 100,000 years ago, Earth was a primitive world inhabited by a few sentient races, most of which are nearly or completely extinct by 1875 AD. What those races were is unknown, but we know among them were [[trolls]], [[naga]] and a race of large simians called “[[girallons]]” by modern day humans. Even the naga of that age were mostly resembling other worlds’ [[naga aberration |aberration class naga]], being far more serpent-like than any half-human-looking modern day naga. In that ancient era, the [[Titans]] arrived to the [[Milky Way]] from [[NGC 1532|another galaxy]] and for unknown reasons, decided to take Earth as their capital for this galaxy. They built a series of large complexes which may have been facilities or towns, or both. The names Titans had for those complexes cannot be deciphered to this day but are currently known after the names of later places nearby. They are [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Thule]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]], [[Tunguska]], [[Jeju (Titan)|Jeju]], [[Shangri-La (Titan)|Shangri-La]], [[Lemuria]], [[Mu]], [[Aztlan]], [[Palenque]] and [[El Dorado]], as well as [[Antarctic Titan facility|another complex]] in [[the Antarctic]], of which 1875 humans know only from maps uncovered in Titan artifacts. For thousands of years, Titans were assisted in their endeavors by uncountable numbers of stone and metal golems of various forms. From Earth, Titans spread across the Galaxy and explored many planets that would at a later point bear intelligent life. Living in a utopian, post-singularity society, Titans avoided leaving a large blueprint on Earth, as settling it was never their primary goal. Unfortunately, around 77,000 years ago, their tireless pursuit of science led to them opening a portal to another dimension, home of the [[Elder Things]], gods of chaos and madness from beyond our universe. One of these creatures, known as [[Cthulhu]], emerged on Earth and cursed the Titan stone golems into flesh creatures to more easily corrupt their minds and turn them against the Titans. [[Titan Apocalypse|The cataclysm]] spread all across the Galaxy, wiping out most of the Titans. Some of the remaining survivors devised a plan that ultimately sealed off the alien beings back in their dimension. Even though the portals couldn't be destroyed completely, they were sealed with powerful technology and enchantments, with the one holding Cthulhu being located in the [[Mu]] facility, now known as R’lyeh. What happened to the remaining Titans after that is unknown, as they vanish from record at the same time as the Elder Things. === Age of Atlantis === Earth was left behind for the now fleshy descendants of the Titans' former golem servitors, among them humans, [[dwarves]], [[sphinx]]es and [[oni]]. In the following millennia, a scramble for the remains of Titan technology began, with many races recovering various tiny pieces of their knowledge. Based on those scraps of technology and magic, many new civilizations arose, eventually culminating in a period known as Age of Atlantis. Over 15,000 years ago, humans lived on only a relatively small piece of Earth, most of the planet occupied by other races, some of Titanic and some of native origin. As the former golems were still remembered as invaders and usurpers to the native races, mutual hatred arose. Even the Titanic races couldn’t work together, leading to an early period of war and chaos. During this era, the [[demon]] king [[Mara]] took one of his first mortal incarnations as the oni warlord [[Raijin]]. His most famous contemporaries were the human [[Atlas]], the founder of [[Atlantis]] and the sphinx [[Hapi]] whose image would later be worshiped as a god by the [[Egyptians]]. Eventually, a small number of powerful civilizations arose, among them the human [[Atlantis]], competing with the [[elves|elven]], sphinx and oni nations across the globe. Atlantis became a despotic, corrupt state that shunned everything non-human and sought to wipe out every non-human from Earth. Around 12,000 years ago, they uncovered a [[Atlantis superweapon|Titan superweapon]] in the ruins of the original Atlantis and attempted to use it. Whether due to their incompetence or elven sabotage, or even intended use, the weapon severely backfired and caused a [[Fall of Atlantis|global catastrophe]] that reshaped Earth. Most of the non-humans were wiped out as intended, although Atlantis itself was shattered and thrown to the bottom of the ocean. === The Hyperborean Age === Majority of the human race evacuated Atlantis in time and invaded [[Europe]] and [[Africa]], taking over the remains of elven and sphinx civilizations, eventually taking on some cultural traits of theirs. Soon afterwards, they spread into [[Asia]] where they adapted the oni and naga ruins for their own use. For the longest time, the most populous non-human races on Earth remained elves, who kept to the forests and away from human persecution, dwarves and [[trolls]] who retreated underground, and naga who remained within their ancient temples, scheming. Over the following seven thousand years, humans forgot their original ideology and non-human races became a subject of myth and superstition. Elves became “forest spirits”, dwarves and trolls became strange underground creatures and naga started breeding with humans to produce [[naga|hybrids]] that could infiltrate human civilization and take back their native homeworld. The last major threat to humanity was the [[giants]]. Once centered around the [[Mu]] facility, they spread from the now shattered continent, and flourished almost as much as humans, however remained primitive. Over 3000 years ago, the giants all over the world mobilized and the ensuing conflicts were remembered as the [[Gigantomachy]]. In the end, giants were nearly wiped out and would become extinct within the next thousand years. === Birth of Modern Human Civilization === //short synopsis of ancient human civilization and how this Earth is different with magic active in it// === The Middle Ages === //Middle Ages with magic in it, including prominent mage houses and persecution of magic// === Age of Reason === //The Age of "Reason" when Abrahamic religions nearly wiped out magic. 1500-1800// === Modern Era === //19th century on this Earth, including new advances in technology and rediscovery of some forgotten magic// == Geography == According to common galactic terminology, there are six continents and three oceans on Earth. The continents are [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[South America]], [[Australia]] and [[Antarctica]], although Earth natives count [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] as separate continents for cultural reasons. The oceans are according to both terms the [[Atlantic]], the [[Pacific]] and the [[Indian Ocean]]. Humans are dominant on all continents except the uninhabited Antarctica. === [[Eurasia]] === Eurasia is the largest and politically most important continent on Earth. The western subcontinent of [[Europe]] gave rise to most of Earth's current major political powers, including the [[British Empire]], [[United States of America]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Russia]], among others. Asia claims some of the oldest cultures on post-[[Atlantis]] Earth, including still-extant [[China]]. === [[Africa]] === Africa is one of the most technologically primitive continents on 19th century Earth, consisting mostly of small, tribal states or unclaimed territories but the major powers from [[Europe]] are slowly advancing into Africa. === [[North America]] === North America is one of the two post-colonial continents on Earth, being mostly occupied by descendants of colonists from [[Europe]] who proclaim their independence from the mother states. The most important state here is [[United States of America]], a rising power and a former colony of the [[British Empire]]. === [[South America]] === South America is another post-colonial continent, mostly divided between various former colonies of [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]], two former major powers of Earth, now greatly reduced in power. After some of the recent revelations, [[Brazil]], a state from South America, has taken an especially keen interest in [[the Aether]] and outer space. === [[Australia]] === Together with Oceania, Australia contains a large number of islands which are being slowly colonized by the major powers from [[Europe]]. Australia itself, the smallest continent on Earth, is currently ruled entirely by the [[British Empire]]. Many of the especially remote islands still contain active traces of ancient magic and technology, or become refuges for outlaws and criminals. === [[Antarctica]] === Currently uninhabited and the least explored continent on Earth, Antarctica is unpleasantly cold and home to very few varieties of life. === [[Hollow Earth]] === Earth's [[underworld]] is known as [[Hollow Earth]]. Although most of the ancient passages are now buried or otherwise severed, a few passages, including one in Iceland, are rumored to still exist. Commonly believed to be the realm of the dead, Hollow Earth is in fact mainly populated by [[dwarves]], [[troll]]s, [[troglodyte]]s and a sub-race of darkness-adjusted humans called [[Cimmerians]] who harbor deep hatred of surface humans for an ancient grudge, but lack organization to act on their hatreds. In deeper layers, a jungle lit by a point of elemental fire harbors more troglodytes, [[girallon]]s as well as a primitive sect of humanoid [[naga]]s. {{stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Major worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] 955f555d9445282d54eff1d4aed83b7f05cdb4b2 2 59 126 2016-01-20T22:04:48Z Soluregos 24955228 Soluregos moved page [[User:Soulregos/TestEarth]] to [[User:Soluregos/TestEarth]]: Typo. wikitext text/x-wiki #REDIRECT [[User:Soluregos/TestEarth]] 9c47d40b6f81296301a9784adf9bfcf440f6ed9b 0 42 128 79 2016-01-20T22:07:37Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Venus |image=Venus.jpg |population=350 million |day length=116,75 Earth days |year length=225 days |surface temp= 32° C |gravity=Standard |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Venerean]], [[Elf]] |affiliation=Divided }} Venus is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Like neighboring [[Earth]], it was visited by the [[Titans]] who experimented with the local wildlife and left a number of ruined stations behind. However, their involvement here was much smaller due to a failed experiment that produced [[the Overgrowth]], now a serious threat to galactic stability. It is currently inhabited by a native race of [[naturalized fey]] unofficially called [[Venereans]], as well as a [[harpy]] sub-race and a colony of [[elves]] descended from refugees from [[Earth]] who fled it shortly before the fall of [[Atlantis]]. Venus is largely wild, most of its surface covered in the Overgrowth or dominated by native [[dinosaur]]s. Venus is also shrouded in a permanent cloud cover which makes it an unpleasantly hot and steamy world for most outsiders. == Inhabitants == The [[Venerans]] dominate most of the civilized parts of Venus. They're [[naturalized fey]] known for their unusual sexual dimorphism. Their females are known for their exotic beauty and magical powers, while their males are brutish, troll-like creatures who serve as slaves and breeders for the dominant females. Often mistakenly called 'space elves', they stand in stark contrast to the actual elves of Venus. Local elves are descendants of [[Earth]] natives. Although far removed from their origin, all groups tell various versions of one story about an ancient elven mage, [[Erulisse]], who opened a number of portals, allowing a large number of elves to escape the onslaught caused by [[Atlantis]]. Many of modern Venerean elven societies lost their original magic, descending into barbarism to combat the ever-encroaching [[Overgrowth]]. Some nations interbred with the Venereans, resulting in mixed societies which attempt to find a middle ground between the two races. Most of the surface of Venus is claimed by the Overgrowth, a failed Titan experiment which resulted in a faction of voracious, mobile plant creatures which assimilate or consume all animal life, unless it's deemed useful such as various pollinating insects. The Overgrowth cannot be negotiated with and stopping is spread is virtually impossible, leaving other races to merely try slowing it down. == History == Unlike the other two planets in the [[Sol System]], Venus was never technologically advanced. When the [[Titans]] came, its only sentient native race, the [[Venereans]] were already there and lived in simple, pre-tribal paleolithic societies. Titans observed the natives and the local dinosaurs for many centuries, until local scientists began experimenting on the native carnivorous plant-life. The scientific goals of their research were unknown, but the experiment resulted in [[the Overgrowth]], a group of sentient and extremely hostile plant creatures. Believing all life is sacred, Titans refused to purge the planet and merely evacuated and covered the planet in a permanent cloud cover to quarantine the creatures inside. Through unknown means, the Overgrowth found its way out of the planet and began spreading across the stars several thousand years ago. Around 12,000 years ago, shorty before [[Atlantis]] fell, a number of portals opened on Venus, leading thousands of [[Earth]] elves to this world, in an attempt to escape the horrors of the local war. Unfortunately, Venus wasn't a much better home for these refugees, killing most of them with deadly diseases or through native attacks. The elves responded by adapting to the savage world and in a few thousand years, adopted a much more draconian outlook and mutual distrust with the [[Venerean]]s. Within the next thousands of years, Venereans began developing basics of agriculture and the idea of central leadership. A number of small Venerean nations sprang up in the southern hemisphere, although the extent of their control was always very small due to local conditions. Very recently, through accidental cosmic interference, a group of Earth-based aliens, as well as a single soldier from [[Djedsut]], found their way to Venus and the sole remaining Titan outpost on the surface and its mad custodian [[Melektas]]. Although more expeditions are yet to follow, it alerted [[Earth]] to the presence of life on Venus. {{Stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] [[Category:Overgrowth worlds]] 7a884ba4761c57b609e4ef794661b0bdfb525049 10 54 130 119 2016-01-20T23:02:35Z Soluregos 24955228 wikitext text/x-wiki <includeonly>{| style="float:right; border:1px solid #AAA; width:300px; margin:0 0 .5em 1em;" |- | align="center" | '''<big>{{{name|{{PAGENAME}}}}}</big>''' {| align="center" | align="center" style="background:#FFFFFF;" | [[File:{{{image}}}|250px]] |} |- | align="center" | '''<u>Planetary Information<u>''' {| align="center" {{#if:{{{population|}}}| ! align="right" width="30px" {{!}} Population: {{!}} {{{population}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{day length|}}}| ! align="right" width="30px" {{!}} Day Length: {{!}} {{{day length}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{year length|}}}| ! align="right" width="30px" {{!}} Year Length: {{!}} {{{year length}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{surface temp|}}}| ! align="right" width="30px"{{!}} Surface Temp: {{!}} {{{surface temp}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{gravity|}}}| ! align="right" width="30px" {{!}} Gravity: {{!}} {{{gravity}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{atmosphere|}}}| ! align="right" width="30px" {{!}} Atmosphere: {{!}} {{{atmosphere}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{moons|}}}| ! align="right" width="30px" {{!}} Moons: {{!}} {{{moons}}} }} |- |} |- | align="center" | '''<u>Societal Information<u>''' {| align="center" {{#if:{{{species|}}}| ! align="right" width="30px" {{!}} Species: {{!}} {{{species}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{capital city|}}}| ! align="right" width="30px" {{!}} Capital City: {{!}} {{{capital}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{government|}}}| ! align="right" width="30px" {{!}} Government: {{!}} {{{government}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{rulers|}}}| ! align="right" width="30px"{{!}} Rulers: {{!}} {{{rulers}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{settlements|}}}| ! align="right" width="30px" {{!}} Settlements: {{!}} {{{settlements}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{languages|}}}| ! align="right" width="30px" {{!}} Languages: {{!}} {{{languages}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{religions|}}}| ! align="right" width="30px" {{!}} Religions: {{!}} {{{religions}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{affiliation|}}}| ! align="right" width="30px" {{!}} Affiliation: {{!}} {{{affiliation}}} }} |- |- |} |}</includeonly> 8d7458b7c69e36908c62de781a7bbd79f04c107c 131 130 2016-01-20T23:03:39Z Soluregos 24955228 wikitext text/x-wiki <includeonly>{| style="float:right; 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border:1px solid #AAA; width:300px; margin:0 0 .5em 1em;" |- | align="center" | '''<big>{{{name|{{PAGENAME}}}}}</big>''' {| align="center" | align="center" style="background:#FFFFFF;" | [[File:{{{image}}}|250px]] |} |- | align="center" | {{#if:{{{affiliation|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Affiliation: {{!}} {{{affiliation}}} }} |- | align="center" | '''<u>Planetary Information<u>''' {| align="center" {{#if:{{{population|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Population: {{!}} {{{population}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{day length|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Day Length: {{!}} {{{day length}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{year length|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Year Length: {{!}} {{{year length}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{surface temp|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px"{{!}} Surface Temp: {{!}} {{{surface temp}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{gravity|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Gravity: {{!}} {{{gravity}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{atmosphere|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Atmosphere: {{!}} {{{atmosphere}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{moons|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Moons: {{!}} {{{moons}}} }} |- |} |- | align="center" | '''<u>Societal Information<u>''' {| align="center" {{#if:{{{species|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Races: {{!}} {{{species}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{capital city|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Capital City: {{!}} {{{capital}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{government|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Government: {{!}} {{{government}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{rulers|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px"{{!}} Rulers: {{!}} {{{rulers}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{settlements|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Settlements: {{!}} {{{settlements}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{languages|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Languages: {{!}} {{{languages}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{religions|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Religions: {{!}} {{{religions}}} }} |- |} |}</includeonly> e22709df45f9768cdc56bc0c0990d0160cc19a69 174 173 2016-02-02T14:03:19Z Soluregos 24955228 wikitext text/x-wiki <includeonly>{| style="float:right; border:1px solid #AAA; width:300px; margin:0 0 .5em 1em;" |- | align="center" | '''<big>{{{name|{{PAGENAME}}}}}</big>''' {| align="center" | align="center" style="background:#FFFFFF;" | [[File:{{{image}}}|250px]] |} |- {| align="center" {{#if:{{{affiliation|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Affiliation: {{!}} {{{affiliation}}} }} |- |} | align="center" | '''<u>Planetary Information<u>''' {| align="center" {{#if:{{{population|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Population: {{!}} {{{population}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{day length|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Day Length: {{!}} {{{day length}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{year length|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Year Length: {{!}} {{{year length}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{surface temp|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px"{{!}} Surface Temp: {{!}} {{{surface temp}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{gravity|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Gravity: {{!}} {{{gravity}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{atmosphere|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Atmosphere: {{!}} {{{atmosphere}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{moons|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Moons: {{!}} {{{moons}}} }} |- |} |- | align="center" | '''<u>Societal Information<u>''' {| align="center" {{#if:{{{species|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Races: {{!}} {{{species}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{capital city|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Capital City: {{!}} {{{capital}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{government|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Government: {{!}} {{{government}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{rulers|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px"{{!}} Rulers: {{!}} {{{rulers}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{settlements|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Settlements: {{!}} {{{settlements}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{languages|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Languages: {{!}} {{{languages}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{religions|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Religions: {{!}} {{{religions}}} }} |- |} |}</includeonly> f62ab2aaf541a9d15c59fb7a6e604247d6b8671c 10 49 132 109 2016-01-21T01:22:34Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse" !colspan="2"|Races |- | Common races | [[Human]] - [[Elf]] - [[Dwarf]] - [[Gnome]] - [[Halfling]] - [[Orc]] - [[Goliath]] - [[Giff]] - [[Dohwar]] - [[Mercane]] - [[Oni]] - [[Sphinx]] - [[Dracon]] |- | Other races | [[Aboussaur]] - [[Ajazy]] - [[Akashic]] - [[Aperusa]] - [[Aureal]] - [[Boggard]] - [[Bugbear]] - [[Catfolk]] - [[Cecaelia]] - [[Centaur]] - [[Cerebromorph]] - [[Darfellan]] - [[Dragonid]] - [[Efreeti]] - [[Ettin]] - [[Gargoyle]] - [[Ghilani]] - [[Giant]] - [[Girallon]] - [[Goblin]] - [[Grippli]] - [[Hadozee]] - [[Harpy]] - [[Hobgoblin]] - [[Hamsterling]] - [[Hothak]] - [[Hurwaeti]] - [[Kappa]] - [[Kenku]] - [[Khorak]] - [[Kobold]] - [[Korraw]] - [[Lizarfolk]] - [[Locathah]] - [[Ma'yee]] - [[Merfolk]] - [[Minotaur]] - [[Nephilim]] - [[Naga]] - [[Nerugi]] - [[Osh'wari]] - [[Plumkin]] - [[Ratling]] - [[Salamander]] - [[Satyr]] - [[Scorpid]] - [[Sea Devil]] - [[Shivan]] - [[Thorak]] - [[Tiefling]] - [[Treant]] - [[Troll]] - [[Vegepygmy]] - [[Venerean]] - [[Vroomn]] - [[Vyrhuo]] - [[Xixchil]] - [[Yapper]] - [[Yeti]] |- | Extinct races | [[Titan]] - [[Xa'tac]] - [[Yellowstone Progenitors]] |} 552953a4edcbc3e1106bf689cd589aee540a40da 133 132 2016-01-21T01:23:01Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse" !colspan="2"|Races |- | Common races | [[Human]] - [[Elf]] - [[Dwarf]] - [[Gnome]] - [[Halfling]] - [[Orc]] - [[Goliath]] - [[Giff]] - [[Dohwar]] - [[Mercane]] - [[Oni]] - [[Sphinx]] - [[Dracon]] |- | Other races | [[Aboussaur]] - [[Ajazy]] - [[Akashic]] - [[Aperusa]] - [[Aureal]] - [[Boggard]] - [[Bugbear]] - [[Catfolk]] - [[Cecaelia]] - [[Centaur]] - [[Cerebromorph]] - [[Darfellan]] - [[Dragonid]] - [[Efreeti]] - [[Ettin]] - [[Gargoyle]] - [[Ghilani]] - [[Giant]] - [[Girallon]] - [[Goblin]] - [[Grippli]] - [[Hadozee]] - [[Harpy]] - [[Hobgoblin]] - [[Hamsterling]] - [[Hothak]] - [[Hurwaeti]] - [[Kappa]] - [[Kenku]] - [[Khorak]] - [[Kobold]] - [[Korraw]] - [[Lektin]] - [[Lizarfolk]] - [[Locathah]] - [[Ma'yee]] - [[Merfolk]] - [[Minotaur]] - [[Nephilim]] - [[Naga]] - [[Nerugi]] - [[Osh'wari]] - [[Plumkin]] - [[Ratling]] - [[Salamander]] - [[Satyr]] - [[Scorpid]] - [[Sea Devil]] - [[Shivan]] - [[Thorak]] - [[Tiefling]] - [[Treant]] - [[Troll]] - [[Vegepygmy]] - [[Venerean]] - [[Vroomn]] - [[Vyrhuo]] - [[Xixchil]] - [[Yapper]] - [[Yeti]] |- | Extinct races | [[Titan]] - [[Xa'tac]] - [[Yellowstone Progenitors]] |} 5c45f6eb7637cd11ac0606464fed032956eef8d7 134 133 2016-01-21T15:25:46Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; 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Dominated politically by humans, it's also heavily influenced by the local [[dragon]]s. Although the ancient dragon broods still hold the original [[Titan]] facilities on Ivarind and use them to control many aspects of life on the planet, politically it's become completely dominated by humans and a dragon-blooded human variant. == History == Over 80,000 years ago, the [[Titan]]s visited Ivarind and placed a small number of facilities on its surface. The draconic lifeforms flourished near most of those facilities and some Titans gladly experimented with them. As [[dragon]]s are naturally creatures on the threshold of sentience, Titanic guidance improved their development. Still during the Titan Era, the dragon broods established cultures and hierarchies influenced by some elements of Titan culture they saw, filtered through environmental scientists who communed with them. When the [[Titan Apocalypse]] came, dragons briefly fought on the Titans' side, but had little influence on the fight. After all the Titans and [[Elder Things]] on Ivarind were gone, the brood queens took over remnants of the Titanic facilities and appointed themselves guardians of various aspects of society on Ivarind. About 8,000 years ago, [[human]]s, descendants of the most populous [[Titan]] constructs on Ivarind, expanded across the planet and came in contact with the stagnant, but powerful dragon broods. In time, a large number of human kingdoms spawned, some revering and some fearing the dragons. A small number of kingdoms attempted to slay or tame the dragons, with little success. For the following thousands of years, civilization on Ivarind did not advance technologically or magically, knowing only very rudimentary magic and Middle Ages-level of technology. In that regard, Ivarind became stagnant, but politically it was tumultous, with kingdoms and dynasties constantly changing. Over 2,000 years ago, a number of silver dragons took interest in humans from the Silver Peaks region. After cross-breeding with the humans in a human-like form, a race called [[van]]s was born. Resembling beautiful, silver-haired humans with innate magical ability, vans of Silver Peaks quickly expanded their empire across southern [[Zaeren]] and [[Acatok]]. For over 700 years, the [[Silver Empire]] was the most powerful state on Ivarind, until a magical cataclysm destroyed the Silver Peaks and shattered them into the Smoking Islands that now join the two continents. The cataclysm's source is often speculated to be misuse of a Titan superweapon in a fashion similar to the fall of [[Atlantis]] on [[Earth]]. The now dispossessed vans spread across the world and began using their power to manipulate the fate of kingdoms. Some chose to be bandits or wizards who influenced history only by proxy, while some became warlords whose tenuous and fragile states shook up the landscape. Finally, [[1560|315 years ago]], a van warlord named [[Raknost the Conqueror]] allied himself with actual silver dragons and using their magical power, conquered large swathes of land in [[Zaeren]], creating the modern [[Kingdom of Zaeren]]. He abolished all the minor crowns under him, and divided the land into a limited selection of viceroys, who had under them a number of dukes descended from former kings and princes, establishing a feudal system. Not long afterwards, [[1589|286 years ago]], a celestial event further shattered the previous balance of Ivarind. A meteor materialized from nowhere above Ivarind and just before hitting the ground, it exploded in the air, flattening a mostly unpopulated forest in north-eastern Zaeren. The place of the impact event, now called [[the Fallen Star]], became populated with creatures that emerged from the meteor, namely various aberrations led by a group of [[Aethersages]]. Although most of the locals attempted to slay these creatures, some of them had their minds warped and began worshiping the [[Elder Things]], calling them 'Star Gods'. The cults persist to this day and occasionally cause trouble for various lords who lack the power to eliminate the cult, or the creatures behind it, entirely. [[1843|Thirty two years ago]], a group of [[aperusa]] emerged from a portal near the southern borders of the [[Kingdom of Zaeren]] and nonchalantly strolled into the kingdom. The local lords proved hostile to the new arrivals and attempted to fight the aliens or coerce them to stay out of their domains. A bigger problem was caused by a number of evil spirits who followed the aperusa through and soon caused a backlash of hostility against the aperusa for bringing "demons" to Ivarind. However, a group of violet dragons led by [[Boliviadori]] banished the evil spirits and protected the land from further incursions, forcing the lords and aperusa to a truce. Since then, aperusa slowly spread across Zaeren and shared with the violet dragons their knowledge of [[the Galaxy]], opening the world to outer space, although due to its low-magic nature, no [[aether-sailing]] vessels have yet been produced. Earlier [[1875|this year]], the ruling king of Zaeren, [[Reman III the Mad]], brutally executed a bishop by personally chopping him into pieces, despite earlier warnings by golden dragons to cease his tyranny. With golden dragon brood's help, a rebel faction arose to oppose King Reman in an attempt to install a new, non-van king. The rebellion, now called [[the Golden Rebellion]], is still underway, with mixed results. == Geography == === [[Zaeren]] === (TBA) === [[Acatok]] === (TBA) === [[Magog]] === (TBA) === [[Izot]] === (TBA) {{stub}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Dragon worlds]] [[Category:Terminus Sector]] 0eeb77014d1a2131a72b654ae7c1918e137a927f 136 135 2016-01-23T20:13:41Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Ivarind |image=Ivarind.jpg |population=420 million |day length=19 hours |year length=420 days |surface temp= 11° C |gravity=Standard |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Human]], [[Van]], [[Goliath]], [[Dragon]] |affiliation=Divided ([[Kingdom of Zaeren]], dragon broods, small tribes) }} '''Ivarind''' is a freshly contacted world in the [[Terminus Sector]]. Dominated politically by humans, it's also heavily influenced by the local [[dragon]]s. Although the ancient dragon broods still hold the original [[Titan]] facilities on Ivarind and use them to control many aspects of life on the planet, politically it's become completely dominated by humans and a dragon-blooded human variant. == Culture == In the few short years since its exposure to the galactic society, Ivarind became known for its backwardness. For eight thousand years, there has been little technological or magical development and the society stagnated despite (or perhaps because of) the tumultuous political landscape. Only males are seen as fit to rule and work in most jobs, with women being allowed to inherit only in the most dire circumstances. "Sodomy" (an umbrella term for all kinds of sexual "deviancy") is punishable by death. Some humans are seen as innately better because they're nobility. Only one religion, the [[Saints of Lausain]], is tolerated with others being often shut off to closed sections of towns and frequently slaughtered without repercussion. There is no police force, with the town guard merely taking care to protect their lord's interests. Magic is poorly understood, with the most powerful magic users being persecuted [[witch]]es or low-level state-sanctioned [[wizard]]s. In addition to all that, health and medicine are really poorly understood, and the world is quickly gaining reputation for quacks who put frogs on sick people to treat their bad humors, and appalling hygiene standards, known for rivers of refuse flowing openly down city streets. And no one is doing anything about it. Although the dragon broods of Ivarind claim to oversee it and maintain the well-being of Ivarind's inhabitants, they seem to be doing either an extremely poor job at it, or are merely using those claims for their own abuse of the population. Green and red dragons, guardians of nature and change respectively, are often openly hostile to humanoids of Ivarind, settling for nothing but total obedience. Silver dragons claim to distance themselves from "mortal" conflicts, but in effect meddled in history and by proxy had a hand in centuries of abuse. Golden dragons, allegedly guardians of justice, raise their hands too rarely and when they do, they often cause more harm than help, case in point being [[the Golden Rebellion]] they called. Violet dragons actively hamper the humanoids' advancement, hoarding any knowledge they would find useful. Only the black dragons, whose domain of earth gives them no responsibility for the world, seem to be trying to alleviate the poor conditions and helping alien charity workers, but are often poorly understood by locals and thus feared and avoided. Ivarind's opening to [[the Galaxy]] resulted in thousands fleeing the world and seeking employment in more advanced worlds, taking jobs most in the Galaxy would fear, such as settling on the worlds of [[crime lord]]s such as [[Verroak Krasha]]. A few charity organizations from the [[Gnadra Confederacy]] attempted to establish some help centers to elevate Ivarind to higher standards but local lords either refused due to irrational fears of aliens conquering their world from the inside, or subverted the charity funds for their own gain. Currently, no one has realistic plans to "fix" Ivarind and bring it to higher standards of living, though the ongoing civil war and rapid emigration may soon leave it a hollow shell of a world. == History == Over 80,000 years ago, the [[Titan]]s visited Ivarind and placed a small number of facilities on its surface. The draconic lifeforms flourished near most of those facilities and some Titans gladly experimented with them. As [[dragon]]s are naturally creatures on the threshold of sentience, Titanic guidance improved their development. Still during the Titan Era, the dragon broods established cultures and hierarchies influenced by some elements of Titan culture they saw, filtered through environmental scientists who communed with them. When the [[Titan Apocalypse]] came, dragons briefly fought on the Titans' side, but had little influence on the fight. After all the Titans and [[Elder Things]] on Ivarind were gone, the brood queens took over remnants of the Titanic facilities and appointed themselves guardians of various aspects of society on Ivarind. About 8,000 years ago, [[human]]s, descendants of the most populous [[Titan]] constructs on Ivarind, expanded across the planet and came in contact with the stagnant, but powerful dragon broods. In time, a large number of human kingdoms spawned, some revering and some fearing the dragons. A small number of kingdoms attempted to slay or tame the dragons, with little success. For the following thousands of years, civilization on Ivarind did not advance technologically or magically, knowing only very rudimentary magic and Middle Ages-level of technology. In that regard, Ivarind became stagnant, but politically it was tumultous, with kingdoms and dynasties constantly changing. Over 2,000 years ago, a number of silver dragons took interest in humans from the Silver Peaks region. After cross-breeding with the humans in a human-like form, a race called [[van]]s was born. Resembling beautiful, silver-haired humans with innate magical ability, vans of Silver Peaks quickly expanded their empire across southern [[Zaeren]] and [[Acatok]]. For over 700 years, the [[Silver Empire]] was the most powerful state on Ivarind, until a magical cataclysm destroyed the Silver Peaks and shattered them into the Smoking Islands that now join the two continents. The cataclysm's source is often speculated to be misuse of a Titan superweapon in a fashion similar to the fall of [[Atlantis]] on [[Earth]]. The now dispossessed vans spread across the world and began using their power to manipulate the fate of kingdoms. Some chose to be bandits or wizards who influenced history only by proxy, while some became warlords whose tenuous and fragile states shook up the landscape. Finally, [[1560|315 years ago]], a van warlord named [[Raknost the Conqueror]] allied himself with actual silver dragons and using their magical power, conquered large swathes of land in [[Zaeren]], creating the modern [[Kingdom of Zaeren]]. He abolished all the minor crowns under him, and divided the land into a limited selection of viceroys, who had under them a number of dukes descended from former kings and princes, establishing a feudal system. Not long afterwards, [[1589|286 years ago]], a celestial event further shattered the previous balance of Ivarind. A meteor materialized from nowhere above Ivarind and just before hitting the ground, it exploded in the air, flattening a mostly unpopulated forest in north-eastern Zaeren. The place of the impact event, now called [[the Fallen Star]], became populated with creatures that emerged from the meteor, namely various aberrations led by a group of [[Aethersages]]. Although most of the locals attempted to slay these creatures, some of them had their minds warped and began worshiping the [[Elder Things]], calling them 'Star Gods'. The cults persist to this day and occasionally cause trouble for various lords who lack the power to eliminate the cult, or the creatures behind it, entirely. [[1843|Thirty two years ago]], a group of [[aperusa]] emerged from a portal near the southern borders of the [[Kingdom of Zaeren]] and nonchalantly strolled into the kingdom. The local lords proved hostile to the new arrivals and attempted to fight the aliens or coerce them to stay out of their domains. A bigger problem was caused by a number of evil spirits who followed the aperusa through and soon caused a backlash of hostility against the aperusa for bringing "demons" to Ivarind. However, a group of violet dragons led by [[Boliviadori]] banished the evil spirits and protected the land from further incursions, forcing the lords and aperusa to a truce. Since then, aperusa slowly spread across Zaeren and shared with the violet dragons their knowledge of [[the Galaxy]], opening the world to outer space, although due to its low-magic nature, no [[aether-sailing]] vessels have yet been produced. Earlier [[1875|this year]], the ruling king of Zaeren, [[Reman III the Mad]], brutally executed a bishop by personally chopping him into pieces, despite earlier warnings by golden dragons to cease his tyranny. With golden dragon brood's help, a rebel faction arose to oppose King Reman in an attempt to install a new, non-van king. The rebellion, now called [[the Golden Rebellion]], is still underway, with mixed results. == Geography == Ivarind is much like [[Earth]] mostly covered in large oceans, with a few continents, one large and three smaller ones. === [[Zaeren]] === Zaeren is the largest continent on Ivarind, being twice as large as the second, Magog, and more than four times the size of others. Over half of Zaeren's area is occupied by [[Kingdom of Zaeren]]. On any other world, the kingdom would be a superpower but on Ivarind the feudal division makes the central power of kings highly threatened. The northernmost tip of Zaeren reaches the North Pole and is covered by a glacier. Not much further south, nomadic tribes of [[goliath]]s known as gymnars live in fear of the never-ending winter in this far north. The traditional gymnar lands are divided by a wall kings of Zaeren built to keep the barbarians out, which it frequently fails to do. South of that wall ruled a gymnar viceroy who swore fealty to the king (until the recent rebellion), ruling a sedentary gymnar branch. South of the gymnar lands begins the main continuity of Zaeren's human/van kingdom, with mostly temperate climate. The kingdom's southern border lies on the edges of dry, subtropical climate beyond which few men from Zaeren ventured. Southern Zaeren is politically divided. A few select human nations hold on to a tenuous peace with nomadic [[dragonid]] desert clans. Even further south, Zaeren ends in tropical jungles largely infested by [[the Overgrowth]] which somehow managed to make its way to this otherwise isolated world, on the other end of the Galaxy from its homeworld. Even the dragonids of Near South do not go into the jungles, although they are slowly encroaching on their deserts. Some foolishly believe the flourishing of life is a blessing, without realizing what forces soon follow the blooming life. === [[Acatok]] === Acatok is a small, mostly barren continent connected to southern Zaeren by a small chain of islands which used to be a land bridge known as the [[Silver Peaks]], destroyed in a magical cataclysm. The tough, dark-skinned human tribes of Acatok are disorganized and even more primitive than the rest of Ivarind, spending all their effort on surviving in the inhospitable climate and presence of the dangerous red dragons. Strangely, it seems the Overgrowth has not attempted to invade Acatok for reasons yet to be revealed. === [[Magog]] === Magog is distant, isolated continent to the west of Zaeren which remained unpopulated until approximately 3,000 years ago when groups of humans and gymnar made their way to the continent. Most of the population lives as nomads on the open plains of Magog, with few groups founding small settlements that usually do not last long. [[1725|150 years ago]], local gymnars forced their way into a Titan ruin on the continent and released a group of [[troglodytes]] which managed to somehow survive underground since the Titan Era. Although they are not very populous, they remain highly hostile to all other races. === [[Izot]] === Izot is the most isolated continent of Ivarind, talked about only in myth and legend. It's located on the equator and is dominated by [[the Overgrowth]] and its thick jungles. The only threat to the Overgrowth there are the savage green dragons. Izot is also famous in tales for a species of highly intelligent, human-sized lemur which may be a sentient race, although it needs further study. [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Dragon worlds]] [[Category:Terminus Sector]] b6c63ce60590c3643d8e18951cc1b82e3a402ed2 0 4 140 123 2016-01-25T22:31:30Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Earth |image=Earth.jpg |population=1,325 billion |day length=24 hours |year length=365 days |surface temp= 14° C |gravity=Standard |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |moons=1 ([[Earth's moon|Moon]]) |species=[[Human]] |religions=[[Christianity]], [[Islam]], [[Buddhism]] and more |affiliation=Divided ([[British Empire]], [[United States]], [[Russia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Brazil]] and more) }} '''Earth''' or '''Terra''' is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although most of the galactic community doesn't realize it, it was the first world [[Titans]] visited and colonized in [[the Galaxy]]. Before the Titans disappeared, it housed a large number of [[Titan facilities]], including famous ones in [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]] and [[Mu]] (also known as [[R'lyeh]]). After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], a number of native and [[Titanic races|Titan-implanted races]] fought for domination, culminating in a cataclysm that destroyed most of them and paved the way for [[human]] dominance of Earth. Up to [[1875|present day]] Earth has very little knowledge of outer space, aether-sailing or other cultures out there, but the sporadic alien visits are making it slowly realize they are not alone in the universe. Earth has no formal diplomatic relationship with any [[Gnadra Accords]] signatories, making contact and trade with it extremely rare. == History == === Titan Era === Around 100,000 years ago, Earth was a primitive world inhabited by a few sentient races, most of which are nearly or completely extinct by 1875 AD. What those races were is unknown, but we know among them were [[trolls]], [[naga]] and a race of large simians called “[[girallons]]” by modern day humans. Even the naga of that age were mostly resembling other worlds’ [[naga aberration |aberration class naga]], being far more serpent-like than any half-human-looking modern day naga. In that ancient era, the [[Titans]] arrived to the [[Milky Way]] from [[NGC 1532|another galaxy]] and for unknown reasons, decided to take Earth as their capital for this galaxy. They built a series of large complexes which may have been facilities or towns, or both. The names Titans had for those complexes cannot be deciphered to this day but are currently known after the names of later places nearby. They are [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Thule]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]], [[Tunguska]], [[Jeju (Titan)|Jeju]], [[Shangri-La (Titan)|Shangri-La]], [[Lemuria]], [[Mu]], [[Aztlan]], [[Palenque]] and [[El Dorado]], as well as [[Antarctic Titan facility|another complex]] in [[the Antarctic]], of which 1875 humans know only from maps uncovered in Titan artifacts. For thousands of years, Titans were assisted in their endeavors by uncountable numbers of stone and metal golems of various forms. From Earth, Titans spread across the Galaxy and explored many planets that would at a later point bear intelligent life. Living in a utopian, post-singularity society, Titans avoided leaving a large blueprint on Earth, as settling it was never their primary goal. Unfortunately, around 77,000 years ago, their tireless pursuit of science led to them opening a portal to another dimension, home of the [[Elder Things]], gods of chaos and madness from beyond our universe. One of these creatures, known as [[Cthulhu]], emerged on Earth and cursed the Titan stone golems into flesh creatures to more easily corrupt their minds and turn them against the Titans. [[Titan Apocalypse|The cataclysm]] spread all across the Galaxy, wiping out most of the Titans. Some of the remaining survivors devised a plan that ultimately sealed off the alien beings back in their dimension. Even though the portals couldn't be destroyed completely, they were sealed with powerful technology and enchantments, with the one holding Cthulhu being located in the [[Mu]] facility, now known as R’lyeh. What happened to the remaining Titans after that is unknown, as they vanish from record at the same time as the Elder Things. === Age of Atlantis === Earth was left behind for the now fleshy descendants of the Titans' former golem servitors, among them humans, [[dwarves]], [[sphinx]]es and [[oni]]. In the following millennia, a scramble for the remains of Titan technology began, with many races recovering various tiny pieces of their knowledge. Based on those scraps of technology and magic, many new civilizations arose, eventually culminating in a period known as Age of Atlantis. Over 15,000 years ago, humans lived on only a relatively small piece of Earth, most of the planet occupied by other races, some of Titanic and some of native origin. As the former golems were still remembered as invaders and usurpers to the native races, mutual hatred arose. Even the Titanic races couldn’t work together, leading to an early period of war and chaos. During this era, the [[demon]] king [[Mara]] took one of his first mortal incarnations as the oni warlord [[Raijin]]. His most famous contemporaries were the human [[Atlas]], the founder of [[Atlantis]] and the sphinx [[Hapi]] whose image would later be worshiped as a god by the [[Egyptians]]. Eventually, a small number of powerful civilizations arose, among them the human [[Atlantis]], competing with the [[elves|elven]], sphinx and oni nations across the globe. Atlantis became a despotic, corrupt state that shunned everything non-human and sought to wipe out every non-human from Earth. Around 12,000 years ago, they uncovered a [[Atlantis superweapon|Titan superweapon]] in the ruins of the original Atlantis and attempted to use it. Whether due to their incompetence or elven sabotage, or even intended use, the weapon severely backfired and caused a [[Fall of Atlantis|global catastrophe]] that reshaped Earth. Most of the non-humans were wiped out as intended, although Atlantis itself was shattered and thrown to the bottom of the ocean. === The Hyperborean Age === Majority of the human race evacuated Atlantis in time and invaded [[Europe]] and [[Africa]], taking over the remains of elven and sphinx civilizations, eventually taking on some cultural traits of theirs. Soon afterwards, they spread into [[Asia]] where they adapted the oni and naga ruins for their own use. For the longest time, the most populous non-human races on Earth remained elves, who kept to the forests and away from human persecution, dwarves and [[trolls]] who retreated underground, and naga who remained within their ancient temples, scheming. Over the following seven thousand years, humans forgot their original ideology and non-human races became a subject of myth and superstition. Elves became “forest spirits”, dwarves and trolls became strange underground creatures and naga started breeding with humans to produce [[naga|hybrids]] that could infiltrate human civilization and take back their native homeworld. The last major threat to humanity was the [[giants]]. Once centered around the [[Mu]] facility, they spread from the now shattered continent, and flourished almost as much as humans, however remained primitive. Over 3000 years ago, the giants all over the world mobilized and the ensuing conflicts were remembered as the [[Gigantomachy]]. In the end, giants were nearly wiped out and would become extinct within the next thousand years. === Birth of Modern Human Civilization === //short synopsis of ancient human civilization and how this Earth is different with magic active in it// === The Middle Ages === //Middle Ages with magic in it, including prominent mage houses and persecution of magic// === Age of Reason === //The Age of "Reason" when Abrahamic religions nearly wiped out magic. 1500-1800// === Modern Era === //19th century on this Earth, including new advances in technology and rediscovery of some forgotten magic// == Geography == According to common galactic terminology, there are six continents and three oceans on Earth. The continents are [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[South America]], [[Australia]] and [[Antarctica]], although Earth natives count [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] as separate continents for cultural reasons. The oceans are according to both terms the [[Atlantic]], the [[Pacific]] and the [[Indian Ocean]]. Humans are dominant on all continents except the uninhabited Antarctica. === [[Eurasia]] === Eurasia is the largest and politically most important continent on Earth. The western subcontinent of [[Europe]] gave rise to most of Earth's current major political powers, including the [[British Empire]], [[United States of America]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Russia]], among others. Asia claims some of the oldest cultures on post-[[Atlantis]] Earth, including still-extant [[China]]. === [[Africa]] === Africa is one of the most technologically primitive continents on 19th century Earth, consisting mostly of small, tribal states or unclaimed territories but the major powers from [[Europe]] are slowly advancing into Africa. === [[North America]] === North America is one of the two post-colonial continents on Earth, being mostly occupied by descendants of colonists from [[Europe]] who proclaim their independence from the mother states. The most important state here is [[United States of America]], a rising power and a former colony of the [[British Empire]]. === [[South America]] === South America is another post-colonial continent, mostly divided between various former colonies of [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]], two former major powers of Earth, now greatly reduced in power. After some of the recent revelations, [[Brazil]], a state from South America, has taken an especially keen interest in [[the Aether]] and outer space. === [[Australia]] === Together with Oceania, Australia contains a large number of islands which are being slowly colonized by the major powers from [[Europe]]. Australia itself, the smallest continent on Earth, is currently ruled entirely by the [[British Empire]]. Many of the especially remote islands still contain active traces of ancient magic and technology, or become refuges for outlaws and criminals. === [[Antarctica]] === Currently uninhabited and the least explored continent on Earth, Antarctica is unpleasantly cold and home to very few varieties of life. === [[Hollow Earth]] === Earth's [[underworld]] is known as [[Hollow Earth]]. Although most of the ancient passages are now buried or otherwise severed, a few passages, including one in Iceland, are rumored to still exist. Commonly believed to be the realm of the dead, Hollow Earth is in fact mainly populated by [[dwarves]], [[troll]]s, [[troglodyte]]s and a sub-race of darkness-adjusted humans called [[Cimmerians]] who harbor deep hatred of surface humans for an ancient grudge, but lack organization to act on their hatreds. In deeper layers, a jungle lit by a point of elemental fire harbors more troglodytes, [[girallon]]s as well as a primitive sect of humanoid [[naga]]s. {{stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Major worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] ef4d22fe6670f2492de724fe48a642dfd08a962a 163 140 2016-02-02T02:15:33Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Earth |image=Earth.jpg |type=Temperate |population=1,325 billion |day length=24 hours |year length=365 days |surface temp= 14° C |gravity=Standard |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |moons=1 ([[Earth's moon|Moon]]) |species=[[Human]] |religions=[[Christianity]], [[Islam]], [[Buddhism]] and more |affiliation=Divided ([[British Empire]], [[United States]], [[Russia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Brazil]] and more) }} '''Earth''' or '''Terra''' is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although most of the galactic community doesn't realize it, it was the first world [[Titans]] visited and colonized in [[the Galaxy]]. Before the Titans disappeared, it housed a large number of [[Titan facilities]], including famous ones in [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]] and [[Mu]] (also known as [[R'lyeh]]). After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], a number of native and [[Titanic races|Titan-implanted races]] fought for domination, culminating in a cataclysm that destroyed most of them and paved the way for [[human]] dominance of Earth. Up to [[1875|present day]] Earth has very little knowledge of outer space, aether-sailing or other cultures out there, but the sporadic alien visits are making it slowly realize they are not alone in the universe. Earth has no formal diplomatic relationship with any [[Gnadra Accords]] signatories, making contact and trade with it extremely rare. == History == === Titan Era === Around 100,000 years ago, Earth was a primitive world inhabited by a few sentient races, most of which are nearly or completely extinct by 1875 AD. What those races were is unknown, but we know among them were [[trolls]], [[naga]] and a race of large simians called “[[girallons]]” by modern day humans. Even the naga of that age were mostly resembling other worlds’ [[naga aberration |aberration class naga]], being far more serpent-like than any half-human-looking modern day naga. In that ancient era, the [[Titans]] arrived to the [[Milky Way]] from [[NGC 1532|another galaxy]] and for unknown reasons, decided to take Earth as their capital for this galaxy. They built a series of large complexes which may have been facilities or towns, or both. The names Titans had for those complexes cannot be deciphered to this day but are currently known after the names of later places nearby. They are [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Thule]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]], [[Tunguska]], [[Jeju (Titan)|Jeju]], [[Shangri-La (Titan)|Shangri-La]], [[Lemuria]], [[Mu]], [[Aztlan]], [[Palenque]] and [[El Dorado]], as well as [[Antarctic Titan facility|another complex]] in [[the Antarctic]], of which 1875 humans know only from maps uncovered in Titan artifacts. For thousands of years, Titans were assisted in their endeavors by uncountable numbers of stone and metal golems of various forms. From Earth, Titans spread across the Galaxy and explored many planets that would at a later point bear intelligent life. Living in a utopian, post-singularity society, Titans avoided leaving a large blueprint on Earth, as settling it was never their primary goal. Unfortunately, around 77,000 years ago, their tireless pursuit of science led to them opening a portal to another dimension, home of the [[Elder Things]], gods of chaos and madness from beyond our universe. One of these creatures, known as [[Cthulhu]], emerged on Earth and cursed the Titan stone golems into flesh creatures to more easily corrupt their minds and turn them against the Titans. [[Titan Apocalypse|The cataclysm]] spread all across the Galaxy, wiping out most of the Titans. Some of the remaining survivors devised a plan that ultimately sealed off the alien beings back in their dimension. Even though the portals couldn't be destroyed completely, they were sealed with powerful technology and enchantments, with the one holding Cthulhu being located in the [[Mu]] facility, now known as R’lyeh. What happened to the remaining Titans after that is unknown, as they vanish from record at the same time as the Elder Things. === Age of Atlantis === Earth was left behind for the now fleshy descendants of the Titans' former golem servitors, among them humans, [[dwarves]], [[sphinx]]es and [[oni]]. In the following millennia, a scramble for the remains of Titan technology began, with many races recovering various tiny pieces of their knowledge. Based on those scraps of technology and magic, many new civilizations arose, eventually culminating in a period known as Age of Atlantis. Over 15,000 years ago, humans lived on only a relatively small piece of Earth, most of the planet occupied by other races, some of Titanic and some of native origin. As the former golems were still remembered as invaders and usurpers to the native races, mutual hatred arose. Even the Titanic races couldn’t work together, leading to an early period of war and chaos. During this era, the [[demon]] king [[Mara]] took one of his first mortal incarnations as the oni warlord [[Raijin]]. His most famous contemporaries were the human [[Atlas]], the founder of [[Atlantis]] and the sphinx [[Hapi]] whose image would later be worshiped as a god by the [[Egyptians]]. Eventually, a small number of powerful civilizations arose, among them the human [[Atlantis]], competing with the [[elves|elven]], sphinx and oni nations across the globe. Atlantis became a despotic, corrupt state that shunned everything non-human and sought to wipe out every non-human from Earth. Around 12,000 years ago, they uncovered a [[Atlantis superweapon|Titan superweapon]] in the ruins of the original Atlantis and attempted to use it. Whether due to their incompetence or elven sabotage, or even intended use, the weapon severely backfired and caused a [[Fall of Atlantis|global catastrophe]] that reshaped Earth. Most of the non-humans were wiped out as intended, although Atlantis itself was shattered and thrown to the bottom of the ocean. === The Hyperborean Age === Majority of the human race evacuated Atlantis in time and invaded [[Europe]] and [[Africa]], taking over the remains of elven and sphinx civilizations, eventually taking on some cultural traits of theirs. Soon afterwards, they spread into [[Asia]] where they adapted the oni and naga ruins for their own use. For the longest time, the most populous non-human races on Earth remained elves, who kept to the forests and away from human persecution, dwarves and [[trolls]] who retreated underground, and naga who remained within their ancient temples, scheming. Over the following seven thousand years, humans forgot their original ideology and non-human races became a subject of myth and superstition. Elves became “forest spirits”, dwarves and trolls became strange underground creatures and naga started breeding with humans to produce [[naga|hybrids]] that could infiltrate human civilization and take back their native homeworld. The last major threat to humanity was the [[giants]]. Once centered around the [[Mu]] facility, they spread from the now shattered continent, and flourished almost as much as humans, however remained primitive. Over 3000 years ago, the giants all over the world mobilized and the ensuing conflicts were remembered as the [[Gigantomachy]]. In the end, giants were nearly wiped out and would become extinct within the next thousand years. === Birth of Modern Human Civilization === //short synopsis of ancient human civilization and how this Earth is different with magic active in it// === The Middle Ages === //Middle Ages with magic in it, including prominent mage houses and persecution of magic// === Age of Reason === //The Age of "Reason" when Abrahamic religions nearly wiped out magic. 1500-1800// === Modern Era === //19th century on this Earth, including new advances in technology and rediscovery of some forgotten magic// == Geography == According to common galactic terminology, there are six continents and three oceans on Earth. The continents are [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[South America]], [[Australia]] and [[Antarctica]], although Earth natives count [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] as separate continents for cultural reasons. The oceans are according to both terms the [[Atlantic]], the [[Pacific]] and the [[Indian Ocean]]. Humans are dominant on all continents except the uninhabited Antarctica. === [[Eurasia]] === Eurasia is the largest and politically most important continent on Earth. The western subcontinent of [[Europe]] gave rise to most of Earth's current major political powers, including the [[British Empire]], [[United States of America]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Russia]], among others. Asia claims some of the oldest cultures on post-[[Atlantis]] Earth, including still-extant [[China]]. === [[Africa]] === Africa is one of the most technologically primitive continents on 19th century Earth, consisting mostly of small, tribal states or unclaimed territories but the major powers from [[Europe]] are slowly advancing into Africa. === [[North America]] === North America is one of the two post-colonial continents on Earth, being mostly occupied by descendants of colonists from [[Europe]] who proclaim their independence from the mother states. The most important state here is [[United States of America]], a rising power and a former colony of the [[British Empire]]. === [[South America]] === South America is another post-colonial continent, mostly divided between various former colonies of [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]], two former major powers of Earth, now greatly reduced in power. After some of the recent revelations, [[Brazil]], a state from South America, has taken an especially keen interest in [[the Aether]] and outer space. === [[Australia]] === Together with Oceania, Australia contains a large number of islands which are being slowly colonized by the major powers from [[Europe]]. Australia itself, the smallest continent on Earth, is currently ruled entirely by the [[British Empire]]. Many of the especially remote islands still contain active traces of ancient magic and technology, or become refuges for outlaws and criminals. === [[Antarctica]] === Currently uninhabited and the least explored continent on Earth, Antarctica is unpleasantly cold and home to very few varieties of life. === [[Hollow Earth]] === Earth's [[underworld]] is known as [[Hollow Earth]]. Although most of the ancient passages are now buried or otherwise severed, a few passages, including one in Iceland, are rumored to still exist. Commonly believed to be the realm of the dead, Hollow Earth is in fact mainly populated by [[dwarves]], [[troll]]s, [[troglodyte]]s and a sub-race of darkness-adjusted humans called [[Cimmerians]] who harbor deep hatred of surface humans for an ancient grudge, but lack organization to act on their hatreds. In deeper layers, a jungle lit by a point of elemental fire harbors more troglodytes, [[girallon]]s as well as a primitive sect of humanoid [[naga]]s. {{stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Major worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] 73533c6c7eaf25b814a602112545d70fb48cdbf5 165 163 2016-02-02T02:20:14Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Earth |image=Earth.jpg |type=Temperate |affiliation=Divided ([[British Empire]], [[United States]], [[Russia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Brazil]] and more) |population=1,325 billion |day length=24 hours |year length=365 days |surface temp= 14° C |gravity=Standard |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |moons=1 ([[Earth's moon|Moon]]) |species=[[Human]] |religions=[[Christianity]], [[Islam]], [[Buddhism]] and more }} '''Earth''' or '''Terra''' is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although most of the galactic community doesn't realize it, it was the first world [[Titans]] visited and colonized in [[the Galaxy]]. Before the Titans disappeared, it housed a large number of [[Titan facilities]], including famous ones in [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]] and [[Mu]] (also known as [[R'lyeh]]). After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], a number of native and [[Titanic races|Titan-implanted races]] fought for domination, culminating in a cataclysm that destroyed most of them and paved the way for [[human]] dominance of Earth. Up to [[1875|present day]] Earth has very little knowledge of outer space, aether-sailing or other cultures out there, but the sporadic alien visits are making it slowly realize they are not alone in the universe. Earth has no formal diplomatic relationship with any [[Gnadra Accords]] signatories, making contact and trade with it extremely rare. == History == === Titan Era === Around 100,000 years ago, Earth was a primitive world inhabited by a few sentient races, most of which are nearly or completely extinct by 1875 AD. What those races were is unknown, but we know among them were [[trolls]], [[naga]] and a race of large simians called “[[girallons]]” by modern day humans. Even the naga of that age were mostly resembling other worlds’ [[naga aberration |aberration class naga]], being far more serpent-like than any half-human-looking modern day naga. In that ancient era, the [[Titans]] arrived to the [[Milky Way]] from [[NGC 1532|another galaxy]] and for unknown reasons, decided to take Earth as their capital for this galaxy. They built a series of large complexes which may have been facilities or towns, or both. The names Titans had for those complexes cannot be deciphered to this day but are currently known after the names of later places nearby. They are [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Thule]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]], [[Tunguska]], [[Jeju (Titan)|Jeju]], [[Shangri-La (Titan)|Shangri-La]], [[Lemuria]], [[Mu]], [[Aztlan]], [[Palenque]] and [[El Dorado]], as well as [[Antarctic Titan facility|another complex]] in [[the Antarctic]], of which 1875 humans know only from maps uncovered in Titan artifacts. For thousands of years, Titans were assisted in their endeavors by uncountable numbers of stone and metal golems of various forms. From Earth, Titans spread across the Galaxy and explored many planets that would at a later point bear intelligent life. Living in a utopian, post-singularity society, Titans avoided leaving a large blueprint on Earth, as settling it was never their primary goal. Unfortunately, around 77,000 years ago, their tireless pursuit of science led to them opening a portal to another dimension, home of the [[Elder Things]], gods of chaos and madness from beyond our universe. One of these creatures, known as [[Cthulhu]], emerged on Earth and cursed the Titan stone golems into flesh creatures to more easily corrupt their minds and turn them against the Titans. [[Titan Apocalypse|The cataclysm]] spread all across the Galaxy, wiping out most of the Titans. Some of the remaining survivors devised a plan that ultimately sealed off the alien beings back in their dimension. Even though the portals couldn't be destroyed completely, they were sealed with powerful technology and enchantments, with the one holding Cthulhu being located in the [[Mu]] facility, now known as R’lyeh. What happened to the remaining Titans after that is unknown, as they vanish from record at the same time as the Elder Things. === Age of Atlantis === Earth was left behind for the now fleshy descendants of the Titans' former golem servitors, among them humans, [[dwarves]], [[sphinx]]es and [[oni]]. In the following millennia, a scramble for the remains of Titan technology began, with many races recovering various tiny pieces of their knowledge. Based on those scraps of technology and magic, many new civilizations arose, eventually culminating in a period known as Age of Atlantis. Over 15,000 years ago, humans lived on only a relatively small piece of Earth, most of the planet occupied by other races, some of Titanic and some of native origin. As the former golems were still remembered as invaders and usurpers to the native races, mutual hatred arose. Even the Titanic races couldn’t work together, leading to an early period of war and chaos. During this era, the [[demon]] king [[Mara]] took one of his first mortal incarnations as the oni warlord [[Raijin]]. His most famous contemporaries were the human [[Atlas]], the founder of [[Atlantis]] and the sphinx [[Hapi]] whose image would later be worshiped as a god by the [[Egyptians]]. Eventually, a small number of powerful civilizations arose, among them the human [[Atlantis]], competing with the [[elves|elven]], sphinx and oni nations across the globe. Atlantis became a despotic, corrupt state that shunned everything non-human and sought to wipe out every non-human from Earth. Around 12,000 years ago, they uncovered a [[Atlantis superweapon|Titan superweapon]] in the ruins of the original Atlantis and attempted to use it. Whether due to their incompetence or elven sabotage, or even intended use, the weapon severely backfired and caused a [[Fall of Atlantis|global catastrophe]] that reshaped Earth. Most of the non-humans were wiped out as intended, although Atlantis itself was shattered and thrown to the bottom of the ocean. === The Hyperborean Age === Majority of the human race evacuated Atlantis in time and invaded [[Europe]] and [[Africa]], taking over the remains of elven and sphinx civilizations, eventually taking on some cultural traits of theirs. Soon afterwards, they spread into [[Asia]] where they adapted the oni and naga ruins for their own use. For the longest time, the most populous non-human races on Earth remained elves, who kept to the forests and away from human persecution, dwarves and [[trolls]] who retreated underground, and naga who remained within their ancient temples, scheming. Over the following seven thousand years, humans forgot their original ideology and non-human races became a subject of myth and superstition. Elves became “forest spirits”, dwarves and trolls became strange underground creatures and naga started breeding with humans to produce [[naga|hybrids]] that could infiltrate human civilization and take back their native homeworld. The last major threat to humanity was the [[giants]]. Once centered around the [[Mu]] facility, they spread from the now shattered continent, and flourished almost as much as humans, however remained primitive. Over 3000 years ago, the giants all over the world mobilized and the ensuing conflicts were remembered as the [[Gigantomachy]]. In the end, giants were nearly wiped out and would become extinct within the next thousand years. === Birth of Modern Human Civilization === //short synopsis of ancient human civilization and how this Earth is different with magic active in it// === The Middle Ages === //Middle Ages with magic in it, including prominent mage houses and persecution of magic// === Age of Reason === //The Age of "Reason" when Abrahamic religions nearly wiped out magic. 1500-1800// === Modern Era === //19th century on this Earth, including new advances in technology and rediscovery of some forgotten magic// == Geography == According to common galactic terminology, there are six continents and three oceans on Earth. The continents are [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[South America]], [[Australia]] and [[Antarctica]], although Earth natives count [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] as separate continents for cultural reasons. The oceans are according to both terms the [[Atlantic]], the [[Pacific]] and the [[Indian Ocean]]. Humans are dominant on all continents except the uninhabited Antarctica. === [[Eurasia]] === Eurasia is the largest and politically most important continent on Earth. The western subcontinent of [[Europe]] gave rise to most of Earth's current major political powers, including the [[British Empire]], [[United States of America]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Russia]], among others. Asia claims some of the oldest cultures on post-[[Atlantis]] Earth, including still-extant [[China]]. === [[Africa]] === Africa is one of the most technologically primitive continents on 19th century Earth, consisting mostly of small, tribal states or unclaimed territories but the major powers from [[Europe]] are slowly advancing into Africa. === [[North America]] === North America is one of the two post-colonial continents on Earth, being mostly occupied by descendants of colonists from [[Europe]] who proclaim their independence from the mother states. The most important state here is [[United States of America]], a rising power and a former colony of the [[British Empire]]. === [[South America]] === South America is another post-colonial continent, mostly divided between various former colonies of [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]], two former major powers of Earth, now greatly reduced in power. After some of the recent revelations, [[Brazil]], a state from South America, has taken an especially keen interest in [[the Aether]] and outer space. === [[Australia]] === Together with Oceania, Australia contains a large number of islands which are being slowly colonized by the major powers from [[Europe]]. Australia itself, the smallest continent on Earth, is currently ruled entirely by the [[British Empire]]. Many of the especially remote islands still contain active traces of ancient magic and technology, or become refuges for outlaws and criminals. === [[Antarctica]] === Currently uninhabited and the least explored continent on Earth, Antarctica is unpleasantly cold and home to very few varieties of life. === [[Hollow Earth]] === Earth's [[underworld]] is known as [[Hollow Earth]]. Although most of the ancient passages are now buried or otherwise severed, a few passages, including one in Iceland, are rumored to still exist. Commonly believed to be the realm of the dead, Hollow Earth is in fact mainly populated by [[dwarves]], [[troll]]s, [[troglodyte]]s and a sub-race of darkness-adjusted humans called [[Cimmerians]] who harbor deep hatred of surface humans for an ancient grudge, but lack organization to act on their hatreds. In deeper layers, a jungle lit by a point of elemental fire harbors more troglodytes, [[girallon]]s as well as a primitive sect of humanoid [[naga]]s. {{stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Major worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] f59e7eb7144cb9de05f075b56fd9b747fa236557 167 165 2016-02-02T02:22:35Z Verroak 24955056 Undo revision 165 by [[Special:Contributions/Verroak|Verroak]] ([[User talk:Verroak|talk]]) wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Earth |image=Earth.jpg |type=Temperate |population=1,325 billion |day length=24 hours |year length=365 days |surface temp= 14° C |gravity=Standard |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |moons=1 ([[Earth's moon|Moon]]) |species=[[Human]] |religions=[[Christianity]], [[Islam]], [[Buddhism]] and more |affiliation=Divided ([[British Empire]], [[United States]], [[Russia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Brazil]] and more) }} '''Earth''' or '''Terra''' is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although most of the galactic community doesn't realize it, it was the first world [[Titans]] visited and colonized in [[the Galaxy]]. Before the Titans disappeared, it housed a large number of [[Titan facilities]], including famous ones in [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]] and [[Mu]] (also known as [[R'lyeh]]). After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], a number of native and [[Titanic races|Titan-implanted races]] fought for domination, culminating in a cataclysm that destroyed most of them and paved the way for [[human]] dominance of Earth. Up to [[1875|present day]] Earth has very little knowledge of outer space, aether-sailing or other cultures out there, but the sporadic alien visits are making it slowly realize they are not alone in the universe. Earth has no formal diplomatic relationship with any [[Gnadra Accords]] signatories, making contact and trade with it extremely rare. == History == === Titan Era === Around 100,000 years ago, Earth was a primitive world inhabited by a few sentient races, most of which are nearly or completely extinct by 1875 AD. What those races were is unknown, but we know among them were [[trolls]], [[naga]] and a race of large simians called “[[girallons]]” by modern day humans. Even the naga of that age were mostly resembling other worlds’ [[naga aberration |aberration class naga]], being far more serpent-like than any half-human-looking modern day naga. In that ancient era, the [[Titans]] arrived to the [[Milky Way]] from [[NGC 1532|another galaxy]] and for unknown reasons, decided to take Earth as their capital for this galaxy. They built a series of large complexes which may have been facilities or towns, or both. The names Titans had for those complexes cannot be deciphered to this day but are currently known after the names of later places nearby. They are [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Thule]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]], [[Tunguska]], [[Jeju (Titan)|Jeju]], [[Shangri-La (Titan)|Shangri-La]], [[Lemuria]], [[Mu]], [[Aztlan]], [[Palenque]] and [[El Dorado]], as well as [[Antarctic Titan facility|another complex]] in [[the Antarctic]], of which 1875 humans know only from maps uncovered in Titan artifacts. For thousands of years, Titans were assisted in their endeavors by uncountable numbers of stone and metal golems of various forms. From Earth, Titans spread across the Galaxy and explored many planets that would at a later point bear intelligent life. Living in a utopian, post-singularity society, Titans avoided leaving a large blueprint on Earth, as settling it was never their primary goal. Unfortunately, around 77,000 years ago, their tireless pursuit of science led to them opening a portal to another dimension, home of the [[Elder Things]], gods of chaos and madness from beyond our universe. One of these creatures, known as [[Cthulhu]], emerged on Earth and cursed the Titan stone golems into flesh creatures to more easily corrupt their minds and turn them against the Titans. [[Titan Apocalypse|The cataclysm]] spread all across the Galaxy, wiping out most of the Titans. Some of the remaining survivors devised a plan that ultimately sealed off the alien beings back in their dimension. Even though the portals couldn't be destroyed completely, they were sealed with powerful technology and enchantments, with the one holding Cthulhu being located in the [[Mu]] facility, now known as R’lyeh. What happened to the remaining Titans after that is unknown, as they vanish from record at the same time as the Elder Things. === Age of Atlantis === Earth was left behind for the now fleshy descendants of the Titans' former golem servitors, among them humans, [[dwarves]], [[sphinx]]es and [[oni]]. In the following millennia, a scramble for the remains of Titan technology began, with many races recovering various tiny pieces of their knowledge. Based on those scraps of technology and magic, many new civilizations arose, eventually culminating in a period known as Age of Atlantis. Over 15,000 years ago, humans lived on only a relatively small piece of Earth, most of the planet occupied by other races, some of Titanic and some of native origin. As the former golems were still remembered as invaders and usurpers to the native races, mutual hatred arose. Even the Titanic races couldn’t work together, leading to an early period of war and chaos. During this era, the [[demon]] king [[Mara]] took one of his first mortal incarnations as the oni warlord [[Raijin]]. His most famous contemporaries were the human [[Atlas]], the founder of [[Atlantis]] and the sphinx [[Hapi]] whose image would later be worshiped as a god by the [[Egyptians]]. Eventually, a small number of powerful civilizations arose, among them the human [[Atlantis]], competing with the [[elves|elven]], sphinx and oni nations across the globe. Atlantis became a despotic, corrupt state that shunned everything non-human and sought to wipe out every non-human from Earth. Around 12,000 years ago, they uncovered a [[Atlantis superweapon|Titan superweapon]] in the ruins of the original Atlantis and attempted to use it. Whether due to their incompetence or elven sabotage, or even intended use, the weapon severely backfired and caused a [[Fall of Atlantis|global catastrophe]] that reshaped Earth. Most of the non-humans were wiped out as intended, although Atlantis itself was shattered and thrown to the bottom of the ocean. === The Hyperborean Age === Majority of the human race evacuated Atlantis in time and invaded [[Europe]] and [[Africa]], taking over the remains of elven and sphinx civilizations, eventually taking on some cultural traits of theirs. Soon afterwards, they spread into [[Asia]] where they adapted the oni and naga ruins for their own use. For the longest time, the most populous non-human races on Earth remained elves, who kept to the forests and away from human persecution, dwarves and [[trolls]] who retreated underground, and naga who remained within their ancient temples, scheming. Over the following seven thousand years, humans forgot their original ideology and non-human races became a subject of myth and superstition. Elves became “forest spirits”, dwarves and trolls became strange underground creatures and naga started breeding with humans to produce [[naga|hybrids]] that could infiltrate human civilization and take back their native homeworld. The last major threat to humanity was the [[giants]]. Once centered around the [[Mu]] facility, they spread from the now shattered continent, and flourished almost as much as humans, however remained primitive. Over 3000 years ago, the giants all over the world mobilized and the ensuing conflicts were remembered as the [[Gigantomachy]]. In the end, giants were nearly wiped out and would become extinct within the next thousand years. === Birth of Modern Human Civilization === //short synopsis of ancient human civilization and how this Earth is different with magic active in it// === The Middle Ages === //Middle Ages with magic in it, including prominent mage houses and persecution of magic// === Age of Reason === //The Age of "Reason" when Abrahamic religions nearly wiped out magic. 1500-1800// === Modern Era === //19th century on this Earth, including new advances in technology and rediscovery of some forgotten magic// == Geography == According to common galactic terminology, there are six continents and three oceans on Earth. The continents are [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[South America]], [[Australia]] and [[Antarctica]], although Earth natives count [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] as separate continents for cultural reasons. The oceans are according to both terms the [[Atlantic]], the [[Pacific]] and the [[Indian Ocean]]. Humans are dominant on all continents except the uninhabited Antarctica. === [[Eurasia]] === Eurasia is the largest and politically most important continent on Earth. The western subcontinent of [[Europe]] gave rise to most of Earth's current major political powers, including the [[British Empire]], [[United States of America]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Russia]], among others. Asia claims some of the oldest cultures on post-[[Atlantis]] Earth, including still-extant [[China]]. === [[Africa]] === Africa is one of the most technologically primitive continents on 19th century Earth, consisting mostly of small, tribal states or unclaimed territories but the major powers from [[Europe]] are slowly advancing into Africa. === [[North America]] === North America is one of the two post-colonial continents on Earth, being mostly occupied by descendants of colonists from [[Europe]] who proclaim their independence from the mother states. The most important state here is [[United States of America]], a rising power and a former colony of the [[British Empire]]. === [[South America]] === South America is another post-colonial continent, mostly divided between various former colonies of [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]], two former major powers of Earth, now greatly reduced in power. After some of the recent revelations, [[Brazil]], a state from South America, has taken an especially keen interest in [[the Aether]] and outer space. === [[Australia]] === Together with Oceania, Australia contains a large number of islands which are being slowly colonized by the major powers from [[Europe]]. Australia itself, the smallest continent on Earth, is currently ruled entirely by the [[British Empire]]. Many of the especially remote islands still contain active traces of ancient magic and technology, or become refuges for outlaws and criminals. === [[Antarctica]] === Currently uninhabited and the least explored continent on Earth, Antarctica is unpleasantly cold and home to very few varieties of life. === [[Hollow Earth]] === Earth's [[underworld]] is known as [[Hollow Earth]]. Although most of the ancient passages are now buried or otherwise severed, a few passages, including one in Iceland, are rumored to still exist. Commonly believed to be the realm of the dead, Hollow Earth is in fact mainly populated by [[dwarves]], [[troll]]s, [[troglodyte]]s and a sub-race of darkness-adjusted humans called [[Cimmerians]] who harbor deep hatred of surface humans for an ancient grudge, but lack organization to act on their hatreds. In deeper layers, a jungle lit by a point of elemental fire harbors more troglodytes, [[girallon]]s as well as a primitive sect of humanoid [[naga]]s. {{stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Major worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] 73533c6c7eaf25b814a602112545d70fb48cdbf5 168 167 2016-02-02T02:22:56Z Verroak 24955056 Undo revision 163 by [[Special:Contributions/Verroak|Verroak]] ([[User talk:Verroak|talk]]) wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Earth |image=Earth.jpg |population=1,325 billion |day length=24 hours |year length=365 days |surface temp= 14° C |gravity=Standard |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |moons=1 ([[Earth's moon|Moon]]) |species=[[Human]] |religions=[[Christianity]], [[Islam]], [[Buddhism]] and more |affiliation=Divided ([[British Empire]], [[United States]], [[Russia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Brazil]] and more) }} '''Earth''' or '''Terra''' is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although most of the galactic community doesn't realize it, it was the first world [[Titans]] visited and colonized in [[the Galaxy]]. Before the Titans disappeared, it housed a large number of [[Titan facilities]], including famous ones in [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]] and [[Mu]] (also known as [[R'lyeh]]). After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], a number of native and [[Titanic races|Titan-implanted races]] fought for domination, culminating in a cataclysm that destroyed most of them and paved the way for [[human]] dominance of Earth. Up to [[1875|present day]] Earth has very little knowledge of outer space, aether-sailing or other cultures out there, but the sporadic alien visits are making it slowly realize they are not alone in the universe. Earth has no formal diplomatic relationship with any [[Gnadra Accords]] signatories, making contact and trade with it extremely rare. == History == === Titan Era === Around 100,000 years ago, Earth was a primitive world inhabited by a few sentient races, most of which are nearly or completely extinct by 1875 AD. What those races were is unknown, but we know among them were [[trolls]], [[naga]] and a race of large simians called “[[girallons]]” by modern day humans. Even the naga of that age were mostly resembling other worlds’ [[naga aberration |aberration class naga]], being far more serpent-like than any half-human-looking modern day naga. In that ancient era, the [[Titans]] arrived to the [[Milky Way]] from [[NGC 1532|another galaxy]] and for unknown reasons, decided to take Earth as their capital for this galaxy. They built a series of large complexes which may have been facilities or towns, or both. The names Titans had for those complexes cannot be deciphered to this day but are currently known after the names of later places nearby. They are [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Thule]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]], [[Tunguska]], [[Jeju (Titan)|Jeju]], [[Shangri-La (Titan)|Shangri-La]], [[Lemuria]], [[Mu]], [[Aztlan]], [[Palenque]] and [[El Dorado]], as well as [[Antarctic Titan facility|another complex]] in [[the Antarctic]], of which 1875 humans know only from maps uncovered in Titan artifacts. For thousands of years, Titans were assisted in their endeavors by uncountable numbers of stone and metal golems of various forms. From Earth, Titans spread across the Galaxy and explored many planets that would at a later point bear intelligent life. Living in a utopian, post-singularity society, Titans avoided leaving a large blueprint on Earth, as settling it was never their primary goal. Unfortunately, around 77,000 years ago, their tireless pursuit of science led to them opening a portal to another dimension, home of the [[Elder Things]], gods of chaos and madness from beyond our universe. One of these creatures, known as [[Cthulhu]], emerged on Earth and cursed the Titan stone golems into flesh creatures to more easily corrupt their minds and turn them against the Titans. [[Titan Apocalypse|The cataclysm]] spread all across the Galaxy, wiping out most of the Titans. Some of the remaining survivors devised a plan that ultimately sealed off the alien beings back in their dimension. Even though the portals couldn't be destroyed completely, they were sealed with powerful technology and enchantments, with the one holding Cthulhu being located in the [[Mu]] facility, now known as R’lyeh. What happened to the remaining Titans after that is unknown, as they vanish from record at the same time as the Elder Things. === Age of Atlantis === Earth was left behind for the now fleshy descendants of the Titans' former golem servitors, among them humans, [[dwarves]], [[sphinx]]es and [[oni]]. In the following millennia, a scramble for the remains of Titan technology began, with many races recovering various tiny pieces of their knowledge. Based on those scraps of technology and magic, many new civilizations arose, eventually culminating in a period known as Age of Atlantis. Over 15,000 years ago, humans lived on only a relatively small piece of Earth, most of the planet occupied by other races, some of Titanic and some of native origin. As the former golems were still remembered as invaders and usurpers to the native races, mutual hatred arose. Even the Titanic races couldn’t work together, leading to an early period of war and chaos. During this era, the [[demon]] king [[Mara]] took one of his first mortal incarnations as the oni warlord [[Raijin]]. His most famous contemporaries were the human [[Atlas]], the founder of [[Atlantis]] and the sphinx [[Hapi]] whose image would later be worshiped as a god by the [[Egyptians]]. Eventually, a small number of powerful civilizations arose, among them the human [[Atlantis]], competing with the [[elves|elven]], sphinx and oni nations across the globe. Atlantis became a despotic, corrupt state that shunned everything non-human and sought to wipe out every non-human from Earth. Around 12,000 years ago, they uncovered a [[Atlantis superweapon|Titan superweapon]] in the ruins of the original Atlantis and attempted to use it. Whether due to their incompetence or elven sabotage, or even intended use, the weapon severely backfired and caused a [[Fall of Atlantis|global catastrophe]] that reshaped Earth. Most of the non-humans were wiped out as intended, although Atlantis itself was shattered and thrown to the bottom of the ocean. === The Hyperborean Age === Majority of the human race evacuated Atlantis in time and invaded [[Europe]] and [[Africa]], taking over the remains of elven and sphinx civilizations, eventually taking on some cultural traits of theirs. Soon afterwards, they spread into [[Asia]] where they adapted the oni and naga ruins for their own use. For the longest time, the most populous non-human races on Earth remained elves, who kept to the forests and away from human persecution, dwarves and [[trolls]] who retreated underground, and naga who remained within their ancient temples, scheming. Over the following seven thousand years, humans forgot their original ideology and non-human races became a subject of myth and superstition. Elves became “forest spirits”, dwarves and trolls became strange underground creatures and naga started breeding with humans to produce [[naga|hybrids]] that could infiltrate human civilization and take back their native homeworld. The last major threat to humanity was the [[giants]]. Once centered around the [[Mu]] facility, they spread from the now shattered continent, and flourished almost as much as humans, however remained primitive. Over 3000 years ago, the giants all over the world mobilized and the ensuing conflicts were remembered as the [[Gigantomachy]]. In the end, giants were nearly wiped out and would become extinct within the next thousand years. === Birth of Modern Human Civilization === //short synopsis of ancient human civilization and how this Earth is different with magic active in it// === The Middle Ages === //Middle Ages with magic in it, including prominent mage houses and persecution of magic// === Age of Reason === //The Age of "Reason" when Abrahamic religions nearly wiped out magic. 1500-1800// === Modern Era === //19th century on this Earth, including new advances in technology and rediscovery of some forgotten magic// == Geography == According to common galactic terminology, there are six continents and three oceans on Earth. The continents are [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[South America]], [[Australia]] and [[Antarctica]], although Earth natives count [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] as separate continents for cultural reasons. The oceans are according to both terms the [[Atlantic]], the [[Pacific]] and the [[Indian Ocean]]. Humans are dominant on all continents except the uninhabited Antarctica. === [[Eurasia]] === Eurasia is the largest and politically most important continent on Earth. The western subcontinent of [[Europe]] gave rise to most of Earth's current major political powers, including the [[British Empire]], [[United States of America]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Russia]], among others. Asia claims some of the oldest cultures on post-[[Atlantis]] Earth, including still-extant [[China]]. === [[Africa]] === Africa is one of the most technologically primitive continents on 19th century Earth, consisting mostly of small, tribal states or unclaimed territories but the major powers from [[Europe]] are slowly advancing into Africa. === [[North America]] === North America is one of the two post-colonial continents on Earth, being mostly occupied by descendants of colonists from [[Europe]] who proclaim their independence from the mother states. The most important state here is [[United States of America]], a rising power and a former colony of the [[British Empire]]. === [[South America]] === South America is another post-colonial continent, mostly divided between various former colonies of [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]], two former major powers of Earth, now greatly reduced in power. After some of the recent revelations, [[Brazil]], a state from South America, has taken an especially keen interest in [[the Aether]] and outer space. === [[Australia]] === Together with Oceania, Australia contains a large number of islands which are being slowly colonized by the major powers from [[Europe]]. Australia itself, the smallest continent on Earth, is currently ruled entirely by the [[British Empire]]. Many of the especially remote islands still contain active traces of ancient magic and technology, or become refuges for outlaws and criminals. === [[Antarctica]] === Currently uninhabited and the least explored continent on Earth, Antarctica is unpleasantly cold and home to very few varieties of life. === [[Hollow Earth]] === Earth's [[underworld]] is known as [[Hollow Earth]]. Although most of the ancient passages are now buried or otherwise severed, a few passages, including one in Iceland, are rumored to still exist. Commonly believed to be the realm of the dead, Hollow Earth is in fact mainly populated by [[dwarves]], [[troll]]s, [[troglodyte]]s and a sub-race of darkness-adjusted humans called [[Cimmerians]] who harbor deep hatred of surface humans for an ancient grudge, but lack organization to act on their hatreds. In deeper layers, a jungle lit by a point of elemental fire harbors more troglodytes, [[girallon]]s as well as a primitive sect of humanoid [[naga]]s. {{stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Major worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] ef4d22fe6670f2492de724fe48a642dfd08a962a 0 61 141 2016-01-25T22:37:34Z Verroak 24955056 Redirected page to [[Luna]] wikitext text/x-wiki #REDIRECT[[Luna]] 5feb6e004ef46238304d006937983e6cbbfdfef7 0 62 142 2016-01-25T23:50:13Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "{{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Luna / The Moon |image=Moon.jpg |population=32 million |day length=29,5 Earth days |year length=365 days |surface temp= 8° C |gravity=Low |atmo..." wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Luna / The Moon |image=Moon.jpg |population=32 million |day length=29,5 Earth days |year length=365 days |surface temp= 8° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Silver elves]], [[Werewolves]] |capital=Empyrean Lunaris |affiliation=[[Moon Kingdom]] }} ''Luna'', often called just ''the Moon'', is [[Earth]]'s only moon. Technically an [[aether-sailing]] world due to possessing magic allowing it to cross between Earth and Luna, it doesn't use this magic for further travel and is in practice a groundling world. Unlike most celestial objects, its attendant [[god]] is active and powerful, having taken on many personalities and names throughout history. Luna's surface is also covered in a powerful magical mineral, known only as [[moon rock]], saturated with magical power. == History == When the [[Titans]] came to the [[Sol System]], Luna's god was already an active spirit worshiped under now-forgotten names by the native races of [[Earth]], but its surface was largely barren and uninhabited. The Titans however detected the unusual power emanating from Luna and sent their researchers to study it. The goddess reacted with aggression, seeing these strange, alien beings treading upon her surface as a violation. Elementals made of moon rock arose spontaneously from the ground and began fighting Titan construct workers. To give themselves an edge, the Titans made their golems from the same moon rock, but the lunar forces remained at an advantage. One of the Titans came up with a plan to weaken Luna's goddess. Using powerful magic, they tore the spirit in two, severing the goddess's aggression, envy and other darker impulses from the main personality, and proceeded to imprison the [[Dark Side of the Moon|ensuing entity]] on the far side of Luna. Despite this disability, the goddess still managed to fight Titan forces to a standstill, forcing them ultimately to retreat and leave the silver globe alone. Because of the Titan retreat, Luna was largely spared the horrors of the [[Titan Apocalypse]]. The few inactive Titan golems remain on the surface, unchanged, in large complexes current inhabitants avoid. Mixing her influence on Earth with fey power, the moon goddess eventually created a race of [[silver elves|silver-skinned elves]], born with innate magical abilities thanks to growing up surrounded by [[moon rock]]. Molding her own world on images seeded by the Titans and the growing [[faerie plane]], the Moon itself has also gained a vibrant, although somewhat monochromatic biosphere. {{Stub}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Elven worlds]] [[Category:Inhabited satellites]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] d926e639c2daccfef2af3cc77d8e0bcb47d46bdd 143 142 2016-01-25T23:50:45Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Luna / The Moon |image=Moon.jpg |population=32 million |day length=29,5 Earth days |year length=365 days |surface temp= 8° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Silver elves]], [[Werewolves]] |capital=Empyrean Lunaris |affiliation=[[Moon Kingdom]] }} '''Luna''', often called just '''the Moon''', is [[Earth]]'s only moon. Technically an [[aether-sailing]] world due to possessing magic allowing it to cross between Earth and Luna, it doesn't use this magic for further travel and is in practice a groundling world. Unlike most celestial objects, its attendant [[god]] is active and powerful, having taken on many personalities and names throughout history. Luna's surface is also covered in a powerful magical mineral, known only as [[moon rock]], saturated with magical power. == History == When the [[Titans]] came to the [[Sol System]], Luna's god was already an active spirit worshiped under now-forgotten names by the native races of [[Earth]], but its surface was largely barren and uninhabited. The Titans however detected the unusual power emanating from Luna and sent their researchers to study it. The goddess reacted with aggression, seeing these strange, alien beings treading upon her surface as a violation. Elementals made of moon rock arose spontaneously from the ground and began fighting Titan construct workers. To give themselves an edge, the Titans made their golems from the same moon rock, but the lunar forces remained at an advantage. One of the Titans came up with a plan to weaken Luna's goddess. Using powerful magic, they tore the spirit in two, severing the goddess's aggression, envy and other darker impulses from the main personality, and proceeded to imprison the [[Dark Side of the Moon|ensuing entity]] on the far side of Luna. Despite this disability, the goddess still managed to fight Titan forces to a standstill, forcing them ultimately to retreat and leave the silver globe alone. Because of the Titan retreat, Luna was largely spared the horrors of the [[Titan Apocalypse]]. The few inactive Titan golems remain on the surface, unchanged, in large complexes current inhabitants avoid. Mixing her influence on Earth with fey power, the moon goddess eventually created a race of [[silver elves|silver-skinned elves]], born with innate magical abilities thanks to growing up surrounded by [[moon rock]]. Molding her own world on images seeded by the Titans and the growing [[faerie plane]], the Moon itself has also gained a vibrant, although somewhat monochromatic biosphere. {{Stub}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Elven worlds]] [[Category:Inhabited satellites]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] 4032821e6ac8d0090eca8fd0ddc3b2bcd38fc293 144 143 2016-01-26T01:41:12Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Luna / The Moon |image=Moon.jpg |population=32 million |day length=29,5 Earth days |year length=365 days |surface temp= 8° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Silver elves]], [[Werewolves]] |capital=Empyrean Lunaris |affiliation=[[Moon Kingdom]] }} '''Luna''', often called just '''the Moon''', is [[Earth]]'s only moon. Technically an [[aether-sailing]] world due to possessing magic allowing it to cross between Earth and Luna, it doesn't use this magic for further travel and is in practice a groundling world. Unlike most celestial objects, its attendant [[god]] is [[Moon Goddess|active and powerful]], having taken on many personalities and names throughout history. Luna's surface is also covered in a powerful magical mineral, known only as [[moon rock]], saturated with magical power. == History == When the [[Titans]] came to the [[Sol System]], Luna's god was already an active spirit worshiped under now-forgotten names by the native races of [[Earth]], but its surface was largely barren and uninhabited. The Titans however detected the unusual power emanating from Luna and sent their researchers to study it. The [[Moon Goddess]] reacted with aggression, seeing these strange, alien beings treading upon her surface as a violation. Elementals made of moon rock arose spontaneously from the ground and began fighting Titan construct workers. To give themselves an edge, the Titans made their golems from the same moon rock, but the lunar forces remained at an advantage. One of the Titans came up with a plan to weaken Luna's goddess. Using powerful magic, they tore the spirit in two, severing the goddess's aggression, envy and other darker impulses from the main personality, and proceeded to imprison the [[Dark Side of the Moon|ensuing entity]] on the far side of Luna. Despite this disability, the goddess still managed to fight Titan forces to a standstill, forcing them ultimately to retreat and leave the silver globe alone. Because of the Titan retreat, Luna was largely spared the horrors of the [[Titan Apocalypse]]. The few inactive Titan golems remain on the surface, unchanged, in large complexes current inhabitants avoid. Mixing her influence on Earth with fey power, the moon goddess eventually created a race of [[silver elves|silver-skinned elves]], born with innate magical abilities thanks to growing up surrounded by [[moon rock]]. Molding her own world on images seeded by the Titans and the growing [[faerie plane]], the Moon itself has also gained a vibrant, although somewhat monochromatic biosphere. For most of the following thousands of years, the silver elves lived in a disorganized society, led by the [[moonkin]], or semi-bestial high priests of the Moon Goddess, who maintained only minimal order and obedience towards their goddess. However, approximately 7000 years ago, a number of princes arose. Those princes refused to follow the previous rules of non-aggression towards other silver elves and eventually, a series of bloody wars threatened the numbers of the slow-breeding silver elves. The Moon Goddess stepped in once again and ordered a match between all the remaining princes to determine the most powerful of them. The winner of that match, [[Ehlekitta I]], was said to win through trickery and magic. As a reward for his victory, he was appointed the first [[King of the Moon]]. In time, the kings came to isolate themselves and their families from the everyday lives of their people nearly as much as the moonkin or the Goddess herself. Behind a closed-off court, the royal family only saw the faces of their servants and advisors. The kings began the tradition of facing their people only through a magical avatar resembling a giant, floating head. This isolation led to a prophecy that one day, a princess would see the woes of her people and escape the Moon in grief, only to bring the kingdom to ruin. The prophecy eventually came true with the daughter of [[Pahiaton II]], the princess now best remembered as [[Kaguya]]. Kaguya ran to [[Earth]], where she slowly adapted to local life by transforming into a [[human]], which also cost her most of her power. Being seen as an unearthly beauty, she attracted many suitors she sent away on impossible tasks. Eventually, the Emperor of [[Japan]] took interest in her. Still not wanting to marry an Earth ruler, she cried out to the Moon for help. Alerted in this way, her father arrived on Earth with magical silver chariots and offered to take her home. Kaguya did not want to leave behind the Earth life she came to love, so her father gave her a magical cloak which took away her memories. The princess came back with her father to Luna, but the Emperor did not give up on her. He burned a message on the highest mountain of Japan, attempting to reach Kaguya. Instead, Pahiaton got the message and while he attempted to destroy it, Kaguya intercepted it and curious about its sender, she came back to Earth. Not remembering the Emperor or her life on Earth, she was determined to get her memory back. Using one of her father's silver chariots, she and the Emperor traveled across the planet in search of a mythical magic well which would bring her memory back. When they found it, Pahiaton descended to Earth with his whole entourage and forbade her from drinking on the pain of death. When she defied him anyway, Pahiaton ordered his army to fire, only for the Emperor to block the arrows with his body and dying for Kaguya. Finally falling in love with him for the act of selfless sacrifice, Kaguya wept for him, bringing the attention of the Moon Goddess. It's said the Moon itself wept over the tragedy and tears of the moon brought the Emperor back to life. While Kaguya and the Emperor allegedly lived happily ever after, Pahiaton returned to the Moon with a newfound hatred for Earth and humans. In the centuries since, his descendants strengthened the regime and prepared the natives for an invasion that would never come, nevertheless presenting humans as bogeymen to the silver elves, who still fear and hate inhabitants of Earth. {{Stub}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Elven worlds]] [[Category:Inhabited satellites]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] 931154b28aa2ea0af63d48135f16bd840d4bb885 147 144 2016-01-27T19:05:06Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Luna / The Moon |image=Moon.jpg |population=32 million |day length=29,5 Earth days |year length=365 days |surface temp= 8° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Silver elves]], [[Werewolves]] |capital=Empyrean Lunaris |affiliation=[[Moon Kingdom]] }} '''Luna''', often called just '''the Moon''', is [[Earth]]'s only moon. Technically an [[aether-sailing]] world due to possessing magic allowing it to cross between Earth and Luna, it doesn't use this magic for further travel and is in practice a groundling world. Unlike most celestial objects, its attendant [[god]] is [[Moon Goddess|active and powerful]], having taken on many personalities and names throughout history. Luna's surface is also covered in a powerful magical mineral, known only as [[moon rock]], saturated with magical power. == History == When the [[Titans]] came to the [[Sol System]], Luna's god was already an active spirit worshiped under now-forgotten names by the native races of [[Earth]], but its surface was largely barren and uninhabited. The Titans however detected the unusual power emanating from Luna and sent their researchers to study it. The [[Moon Goddess]] reacted with aggression, seeing these strange, alien beings treading upon her surface as a violation. Elementals made of moon rock arose spontaneously from the ground and began fighting Titan construct workers. To give themselves an edge, the Titans made their golems from the same moon rock, but the lunar forces remained at an advantage. One of the Titans came up with a plan to weaken Luna's goddess. Using powerful magic, they tore the spirit in two, severing the goddess's aggression, envy and other darker impulses from the main personality, and proceeded to imprison the [[Dark Side of the Moon|ensuing entity]] on the far side of Luna. Despite this disability, the goddess still managed to fight Titan forces to a standstill, forcing them ultimately to retreat and leave the silver globe alone. Because of the Titan retreat, Luna was largely spared the horrors of the [[Titan Apocalypse]]. The few inactive Titan golems remain on the surface, unchanged, in large complexes current inhabitants avoid. Mixing her influence on Earth with fey power, the moon goddess eventually created a race of [[silver elves|silver-skinned elves]], born with innate magical abilities thanks to growing up surrounded by [[moon rock]]. Molding her own world on images seeded by the Titans and the growing [[faerie plane]], the Moon itself has also gained a vibrant, although somewhat monochromatic biosphere. For most of the following thousands of years, the silver elves lived in a disorganized society, led by the [[moonkin]], or semi-bestial high priests of the Moon Goddess, who maintained only minimal order and obedience towards their goddess. However, approximately 7000 years ago, a number of princes arose. Those princes refused to follow the previous rules of non-aggression towards other silver elves and eventually, a series of bloody wars threatened the numbers of the slow-breeding silver elves. The Moon Goddess stepped in once again and ordered a match between all the remaining princes to determine the most powerful of them. The winner of that match, [[Ehlekitta I]], was said to win through trickery and magic. As a reward for his victory, he was appointed the first [[King of the Moon]]. In time, the kings came to isolate themselves and their families from the everyday lives of their people nearly as much as the moonkin or the Goddess herself. Behind a closed-off court, the royal family only saw the faces of their servants and advisors. The kings began the tradition of facing their people only through a magical avatar resembling a giant, floating head. This isolation led to a prophecy that one day, a princess would see the woes of her people and escape the Moon in grief, only to bring the kingdom to ruin. The prophecy eventually came true with the daughter of [[Pahiaton II]], the princess now best remembered as [[Kaguya]]. Kaguya ran to [[Earth]], where she slowly adapted to local life by transforming into a [[human]], which also cost her most of her power. Being seen as an unearthly beauty, she attracted many suitors she sent away on impossible tasks. Eventually, the Emperor of [[Japan]] took interest in her. Still not wanting to marry an Earth ruler, she cried out to the Moon for help. Alerted in this way, her father arrived on Earth with magical silver chariots and offered to take her home. Kaguya did not want to leave behind the Earth life she came to love, so her father gave her a magical cloak which took away her memories. The princess came back with her father to Luna, but the Emperor did not give up on her. He burned a message on the highest mountain of Japan, attempting to reach Kaguya. Instead, Pahiaton got the message and while he attempted to destroy it, Kaguya intercepted it and curious about its sender, she came back to Earth. Not remembering the Emperor or her life on Earth, she was determined to get her memory back. Using one of her father's silver chariots, she and the Emperor traveled across the planet in search of a mythical magic well which would bring her memory back. When they found it, Pahiaton descended to Earth with his whole entourage and forbade her from drinking on the pain of death. When she defied him anyway, Pahiaton ordered his army to fire, only for the Emperor to block the arrows with his body and dying for Kaguya. Finally falling in love with him for the act of selfless sacrifice, Kaguya wept for him, bringing the attention of the Moon Goddess. It's said the Moon itself wept over the tragedy and tears of the moon brought the Emperor back to life. While Kaguya and the Emperor allegedly lived happily ever after, Pahiaton returned to the Moon with a newfound hatred for Earth and humans. In the centuries since, his descendants strengthened the regime and prepared the natives for an invasion that would never come, nevertheless presenting humans as bogeymen to the silver elves, who still fear and hate inhabitants of Earth. {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Elven worlds]] [[Category:Inhabited satellites]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] 6293e777a25cc32f4a1885a909fb3b812ef8bfad 148 147 2016-01-27T19:43:06Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Luna / The Moon |image=Moon.jpg |population=32 million |day length=29,5 Earth days |year length=365 days |surface temp= 8° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Silver elves]], [[Werewolves]], [[Moonkin]], [[Lunar giant]]s, [[Doppelganger]]s, [[Cetalia]] |capital=Empyrean Lunaris |affiliation=[[Moon Kingdom]] }} '''Luna''', often called just '''the Moon''', is [[Earth]]'s only moon. Technically an [[aether-sailing]] world due to possessing magic allowing it to cross between Earth and Luna, it doesn't use this magic for further travel and is in practice a groundling world. Unlike most celestial objects, its attendant [[god]] is [[Moon Goddess|active and powerful]], having taken on many personalities and names throughout history. Luna's surface is also covered in a powerful magical mineral, known only as [[moon rock]], saturated with magical power. == Inhabitants == The dominant race of Luna are the [[silver elves]], a race created by the [[Moon Goddess]] from various elven refugees from [[Earth]]. They possess silver skin, platinum-white hair and eyes glowing with arcane power. Naturally saturated with power of the [[moon rock]] surrounding them, all silver elves know magic to lesser or greater degree. Ruled by philosopher kings with nearly unlimited political power, the people lead fairly comfortable lives that are quite splendid compared to Earth below. Nevertheless, political dissent is not tolerated, though the [[King of the Moon]] always claims he's the best possible king, as upon death of the previous king, his successor is chosen from among his family for his wisdom and magical power. In practice, the election is often rigged in favor of previous king's favorite son. When silver elves leave the Moon, they lose most of their power (but still remain powerful mages for Earth standards) and maintain a small portion of it in moonlight. Upon returning to the Moon, they return to their full former power. Wilderness of Luna is stalked by [[werewolves]] and a few other, less numerous breeds of [[therianthropes]]. Living on the surface of the object which radiates the source of their power, lunar therianthropes never transform back into their original forms. In fact, most of the local werewolves have lived and bred here for so long they have never even been in their human or elven form. All therianthropes are stronger and more aggressive while on the Moon and bringing a native to Earth or further out would undoubtedly confuse them, forcing them to face their human side. [[Lunar giant]]s are unrelated to other giants, which are Titanic creatures. Created by the [[Moon Goddess]] to fight [[Titans]], they are towering creatures of glowing stone, larger even than most Titanic giants. Elemental in nature, lunar giants possess innate magical powers but lack the creativity to train as mages. As a result, they all know a stock number of spells that enhance their physical might. Not aggressive by nature, and sometimes used by the Kings of the Moon for counsel, these gargantuan creatures nevertheless are easily provoked by those unfamiliar with their strange, unique taboos, like stepping on their shadow or making effigies of them. [[Doppelganger]]s are strange creatures that arose on the Moon spontaneously after the creation of the silver elves. Emerging from pools of quicksilver, these creatures can take any shape they wish and most often, use it to murder people and take their place, badly imitating the real person. Shunned and feared because of this animalistic urge, the few doppelgangers capable of higher reasoning try to throw off the bad reputation of their kin and attempt to live in peace, sometimes escaping for this purpose to Earth. [[Cetalia]] are massive, powerful whale-like creatures who live in the lunar seas. Although intelligent, long-lived and commonly said to be extremely wise, they do not possess a material culture. Cetalia live in families who swim together through the seas and occasionally bless Moon natives when asked, even though they do not see a reason why people keep pestering them about it. Silver elves usually revere the cetalia, but infrequently they're hunted down for body parts and oil which contains power in concentration even higher than moon rocks. Other than these sapient creatures, many other exotic animals live on Luna, including giant, colorful [[lunar moth]]s, [[geode]]s, [[landshark]]s, [[owlbear]]s and so-called "[[witch-cat]]s". == History == When the [[Titans]] came to the [[Sol System]], Luna's god was already an active spirit worshiped under now-forgotten names by the native races of [[Earth]], but its surface was largely barren and uninhabited. The Titans however detected the unusual power emanating from Luna and sent their researchers to study it. The [[Moon Goddess]] reacted with aggression, seeing these strange, alien beings treading upon her surface as a violation. Elementals made of moon rock arose spontaneously from the ground and began fighting Titan construct workers. To give themselves an edge, the Titans made their golems from the same moon rock, but the lunar forces remained at an advantage. One of the Titans came up with a plan to weaken Luna's goddess. Using powerful magic, they tore the spirit in two, severing the goddess's aggression, envy and other darker impulses from the main personality, and proceeded to imprison the [[Dark Side of the Moon|ensuing entity]] on the far side of Luna. Despite this disability, the goddess still managed to fight Titan forces to a standstill, forcing them ultimately to retreat and leave the silver globe alone. Because of the Titan retreat, Luna was largely spared the horrors of the [[Titan Apocalypse]]. The few inactive Titan golems remain on the surface, unchanged, in large complexes current inhabitants avoid. Mixing her influence on Earth with fey power, the moon goddess eventually created a race of [[silver elves|silver-skinned elves]], born with innate magical abilities thanks to growing up surrounded by [[moon rock]]. Molding her own world on images seeded by the Titans and the growing [[faerie plane]], the Moon itself has also gained a vibrant, although somewhat monochromatic biosphere. For most of the following thousands of years, the silver elves lived in a disorganized society, led by the [[moonkin]], or semi-bestial high priests of the Moon Goddess, who maintained only minimal order and obedience towards their goddess. However, approximately 7000 years ago, a number of princes arose. Those princes refused to follow the previous rules of non-aggression towards other silver elves and eventually, a series of bloody wars threatened the numbers of the slow-breeding silver elves. The Moon Goddess stepped in once again and ordered a match between all the remaining princes to determine the most powerful of them. The winner of that match, [[Ehlekitta I]], was said to win through trickery and magic. As a reward for his victory, he was appointed the first [[King of the Moon]]. In time, the kings came to isolate themselves and their families from the everyday lives of their people nearly as much as the moonkin or the Goddess herself. Behind a closed-off court, the royal family only saw the faces of their servants and advisors. The kings began the tradition of facing their people only through a magical avatar resembling a giant, floating head. This isolation led to a prophecy that one day, a princess would see the woes of her people and escape the Moon in grief, only to bring the kingdom to ruin. The prophecy eventually came true with the daughter of [[Pahiaton II]], the princess now best remembered as [[Kaguya]]. Kaguya ran to [[Earth]], where she slowly adapted to local life by transforming into a [[human]], which also cost her most of her power. Being seen as an unearthly beauty, she attracted many suitors she sent away on impossible tasks. Eventually, the Emperor of [[Japan]] took interest in her. Still not wanting to marry an Earth ruler, she cried out to the Moon for help. Alerted in this way, her father arrived on Earth with magical silver chariots and offered to take her home. Kaguya did not want to leave behind the Earth life she came to love, so her father gave her a magical cloak which took away her memories. The princess came back with her father to Luna, but the Emperor did not give up on her. He burned a message on the highest mountain of Japan, attempting to reach Kaguya. Instead, Pahiaton got the message and while he attempted to destroy it, Kaguya intercepted it and curious about its sender, she came back to Earth. Not remembering the Emperor or her life on Earth, she was determined to get her memory back. Using one of her father's silver chariots, she and the Emperor traveled across the planet in search of a mythical magic well which would bring her memory back. When they found it, Pahiaton descended to Earth with his whole entourage and forbade her from drinking on the pain of death. When she defied him anyway, Pahiaton ordered his army to fire, only for the Emperor to block the arrows with his body and dying for Kaguya. Finally falling in love with him for the act of selfless sacrifice, Kaguya wept for him, bringing the attention of the Moon Goddess. It's said the Moon itself wept over the tragedy and tears of the moon brought the Emperor back to life. While Kaguya and the Emperor allegedly lived happily ever after, Pahiaton returned to the Moon with a newfound hatred for Earth and humans. In the centuries since, his descendants strengthened the regime and prepared the natives for an invasion that would never come, nevertheless presenting humans as bogeymen to the silver elves, who still fear and hate inhabitants of Earth. {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Elven worlds]] [[Category:Inhabited satellites]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] 08adcd7eaaedabdfe6eaf2a25d2cc22ba8302fe5 10 29 146 55 2016-01-27T19:01:44Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse" ! 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In many worlds, the constructs went extinct at one point or another, but many others they remain an at least influential race. On a number of important worlds, including [[Earth]], [[Ivarind]], [[Strahdholdt]], [[Saroth]] and [[Yotvia]], humans are one of the dominant races, if not the dominant one. == Biology == Humans are a standard, bipedal [[humanoid]], [[mammalian races|mammalian]] race and on most worlds, they do not differ greatly from [[Earth]] humans, albeit on many worlds ethnicities absent on Earth are present, such as [[Red Martians]] from [[Mars]]. === Ethnicities === Most humans in the Galaxy are not divided into subraces, since the differences are really minor. There is however a number of distinct ethnicities, many of which are also present on Earth and are known in the Galaxy under different names, if any. There exists a small number of ethnicities which are absent on Earth. * [[Red Martians]] have a copper-red tinge to their skin, Hispanic facial structure and usually dark hair, with rare occurrences of brownish red hair. Their skin tone somewhat resembles Ancient Egyptians of Earth. * [[Yellow Martians]] have a yellow-golden-colored skin, Asian facial structure and brightly golden/blonde hair. * [[Van]]s of [[Ivarind]] look mostly human, with some seemingly elven features (merely idealized human features) as well silver/white hair and violet irises. In their case, they are not entirely human and their appearance stems from what [[silver dragon]]s of Ivarind believed perfect humans looked like. * [[Aperusa]] are sometimes said to be a strange human off-shoot, with skin of varying, vibrant colors that normally do not appear in humans on any world, including deep blue, blood red or pitch black. * [[Yotvian]]s are mutated through a curse that affected them early in their development and display flaps of loose skin that make outsiders commonly describe them as "pug-faced". They usually have wiry, dark hair and brownish, earthen skin tones. Blondes are born rarely and among the commoners seen as a blessing of the gods and a portent of great future. === True subraces === A few variants of humans with significant differences from the basic stock emerged on a few worlds. * The [[Mariners]] of [[Stygia]] adapted into aquatic life, spending most of their lives underwater. They have a bluish-teal skin covered in barnacles and greenish-teal hair mixed with seaweed. As their name suggests, they are expert sailors with some training in [[aether-sailing]] * The [[frostmen]] of [[Yasei]] have snow-white skin and pitch-black hair and prefer to live in cold climates. * The [[troglodytes]] live on a few human worlds and appear to be stronger and less intelligent than standard humans. They're known for powerful, muscular build and large, thick-browed skulls. * The [[Heliades]] of [[Helias]] are a magically altered human off-shoot. Their bodies are completely hairless, they have valves in their ears and a magical ability to speak with two different voices at once. They all have a fair skin despite otherwise outwardly resembling Ancient Greeks, from whom they're descended. {{Races}} [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Common races]] [[Category:Mammalian races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] 408cb9acbd4fea92dc022aecf7caa13dcf634943 0 43 151 82 2016-01-28T20:38:22Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Saroth |image=Saroth.jpg |population=895 million |day length=26 hours |year length=360 days |surface temp= 14° C |gravity=Standard |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |moons=2 ([[Gwyn]], [[Glas]]) |species=[[Human]], [[Orc]], [[Elf]], [[Dwarf]], [[Troll]], [[Minotaur]], [[Gnome]], [[Goblin]], [[Nephilim]], [[Werewolf]] |affiliation=Divided ([[Stormhold Alliance]], [[League of Races]], others) }} '''Saroth''' is a [[groundling world]] in the [[Unknown Regions]]. It's mostly known for its multitude of sentient races and its constant perseverance in the face of repeated magical cataclysms, as well as a global war which has been raging for over a generation now. A war-torn world, divided between two major powers and various apocalyptic cults, it knows advanced and powerful magic and would be capable of [[aether-sailing]] if it learned the necessary spells. Due to the devastating nature of the native war and cults, most galactic civilzations try to keep the necessary knowledge from natives of Saroth. == Inhabitants == The most prominent races of Saroth are by far [[human]]s and [[orc]]s, the races leading the two major factions in Saroth's global war. The orcs on Saroth are mostly green-skinned and shamanistic, as typical [[green orc]]s, though humans claim the war was started due to [[grey orc]]s practicing demonic magic. Among other prominent races are [[high elves]], [[dwarves]], [[gnome]]s, [[wood elves]], [[troll]]s, a race of peaceful [[minotaur]]s, [[goblin]]s, as well as a group of [[nephilim]] who escaped [[Nephil]] through a portal. == History == After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], many of the titanic races on Saroth were left dormant in their original Titan complexes. Shortly afterwards, a native race of insects created a great empire which worshiped the [[Elder Things]] and practiced humanoid sacrifice. [[Troll]]s rose up to destroy the insectoid empire and took over majority of the world, leaving the insects to be nearly extinct. The troll empire in time split into smaller pieces, as the local [[elves]] carved out their own empire around a lake beneath which laid a Titan power source. The elven abuse of that power caused a magical cataclysm which split Saroth's supercontinent into its current continents. After the elves split into [[high elves]] and [[wood elves]], the various titanic races were woken up by the cataclysms and began spreading across the now-shattered continents. In time, [[human]]s and [[orc]]s became the dominant races, their kingdoms and clans spanning most of the remaining continents. Over 30 years ago, the orcish clans united under a chieftain known as the [[Black Maw]], known for his ruthlessness. His attacks provoked the human kingdoms to unite in an alliance which repelled the initial attacks after one kingdom was lost. Although now all of the original participants of the war are dead and the factions include many other, initially uninvolved, races the war continues with the same fervor because neither faction can overpower the other or seek out peace. [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Elven worlds]] [[Category:Orcish worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] ee125f9f773f357d7070cb9dc363262cdb86971f 0 44 152 83 2016-01-28T20:46:57Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Nephil |image=Nephil.jpg |population=300 million? |day length=63 hours |year length=308 days |surface temp= 20° C |gravity=Standard |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, Sulphur Oxide |moons=3 ([[Blas]], two others) |species=[[Orc]], [[Nephilim]], [[Korraw]] |capital=Hellfort |government=Theocracy |rulers=[[Grand Warlock Mar'Jhaet]] |religion=[[Demon worship]] |affiliation=Divided ([[Grey Horde (Nephil)|Grey Horde]], Nephilim sanctuaries) }} '''Nephil''' is a world in the [[Unknown Regions]] in the process of transforming into a [[demon world]]. Once home to many forms of life, a few decades ago local [[orc]]s started abusing demonic magic and summoning demonic hosts into the material plane. While the world is not fully corrupted yet, it is well underway and only few sanctuaries raised by native [[nephilim]] still maintain the variety of life while the outside world is slowly turning into arid wastelands. == Inhabitants == Nephil was home to many humanoid races, including the [[nephilim]], who come from a mixed angelic/demonic origin, the flightless avian [[korraw]], [[brown orc|green]] and [[grey orc]]s, saber-toothed [[catfolk]], [[ratling]]s, decentralized [[scorpid]] hives, as well as [[ogre]]s. A few thousand years ago, it was also infested with [[the Overgrowth]] by a passing ship but avoided transformation due to a faction of native [[stone giant]]s who fought the plant creatures to a standstill. == History == [[Titans]] visited Nephil but didn't stay here long. Local ogres and orcs are descended from their golems. Because of few active Titans, the [[Elder Things]] left Nephil mostly intact. In the ancient times, the [[korraw]] ruled most of Nephil, calling it Korr, or simply 'the land'. They developed advanced magical technology and may have ventured briefly into space in Nephil's solar system. During this era, orcs were magic-less paleolithic primitives, but ogres began developing basic societal structures. In the end, hordes of ogres arrived from the southern continent and wiped out the original korraw civilization, leading the race into long centuries of religious barbarism. [[Ogre]]s created a sprawling empire across Nephil and treated most other races as slaves. Ruins of their forts, mostly built over ancient [[korraw]] cities dot the land to this day. Ogre domination was maintained for over a thousand years, until the empire split into small parts and local ogres devolved into barbarity. Around this era, a fallen [[angel]] and a rogue [[demon]] arrived on Nephil and began breeding a new race that would come to name the world after themselves, the [[nephilim]]. The half-angel, half-demon humanoids were fluent in magic but were careful not to attract the demonic attention, lest they would be wiped out in revenge. Ruled by a triumvirate of three powerful mages, the nephilim dominated Nephil through building a series of great domed cities. Those cities were isolated from the outside world, but the power they emanated held the orcs, ogres, Overgrowth, korraw and scorpids at bay. Orcs came to hate the isolationist, powerful nephilim but feared to do anything beyond raiding a few outlying villages. A few decades ago, [[grey orc]]s contacted powerful demons who were looking for the offspring of the rogue demon. With [[Hell]]'s help, the orcish clans united under [[Grand Warlock Mar'Jhaet]] and created a new, fearsome army which spread across Nephil and wiped out many of the nephilim cities. The remaining three cities became known as the Sanctuaries - the last bastions of life in the increasingly hostile world. [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Demon worlds]] [[Category:Orcish worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] 9ad258a3528492a0d62c90a5951aa38a91927c42 0 45 153 84 2016-01-28T20:57:55Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Zatz |image=Zatz.jpg |population=320 million |day length=22 hours |year length=381 days |surface temp= 15° C |gravity=Standard |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |moons=2 ([[Nettis]], [[Tidomce]]) |species=[[Human]], [[Elf]], [[Orc]], [[Catfolk]], [[Lizardfolk]] |capital=? |government=? |rulers=? |settlements=? |languages=? |religions=? |affiliation=? }} '''Zatz''' is a formerly [[aether-sailing]] world in the [[Unknown Regions]], currently in the state of developmental decline. Over 1500 years ago, natives independently developed aether-sailing technology sufficiently different from that in common use in the [[Accords Sector]] and used it to place colonies on one of their moons. A few centuries later, the local planetary government collapsed and in the ensuing chaos, much technology was lost. Zatz has been in technological and magical decline ever since, as well as political decline with periods of stability. Currently, natives believe their world to be a geocentric bubble governed entirely by whims of their gods, with stars being holes in a solid crystal ball surrounding the world. == Inhabitants == Zatz is mostly inhabited by [[human]]s and [[elves]], both divided into several cultural varieties. Humans are divided into high men of the Imperial Heartlands, dark-skinned "red men" with a warrior culture, barbarian "fair men" and [[half-elf|half-elven]] "normen". Elves are divided into [[high elves]], cannibalistic [[wood elves]] and religious [[dark elves]]. In addition, there are influential populations of [[green orc]]s, [[catfolk]] and water-breathing [[lizardfolk]]. It was also once a home to technologically advanced race of [[dwarves]] which went extinct. == History == Although few tracks of them remain, it is presumed the [[Titans]] visited Zatz in the ancient past, due to the presence of races derived from their constructs. It's speculated several ancient complexes are in fact Titan ruins, or were of Titan origin before being remade by modern races. History is hard to tell apart from myth on Zatz, as most facts are shrouded in myth of the current, superstitious era. It is believed that once elves ruled Zatz, but were overthrown by a revolt led by their former human slaves. The First Empire of Zatz arose in this way over 2000 years ago. It is during this era that dwarves and high men developed advanced magic and technology and basic [[aether-sailing]] technology, apparently reaching even [[Nettis]], larger of Zatz's moons, and establishing colonies there. Some writings also suggest dwarves used a layer of [[the Aether]] to create a global instant communication network. However, with the fall of the First Empire, most of that technology was either lost or merely replicated without proper understanding. Eventually, high men united majority of the known world once again and for a few centuries, maintained a good political grip. Recently, a demonic cult opened a number of hell-gates on the surface of Zatz, leading to a crisis which eventually destabilized the Second Empire, and plunged the world into its current, declining state, filled with superstition about the state of the world. [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Elven worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] 6ec15b4aa9350d90dc13d0a61626221fa45f38f9 154 153 2016-01-28T21:02:19Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Zatz |image=Zatz.jpg |population=320 million |day length=22 hours |year length=381 days |surface temp= 15° C |gravity=Standard |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |moons=2 ([[Nettis]], [[Tidomce]]) |species=[[Human]], [[Elf]], [[Orc]], [[Catfolk]], [[Lizardfolk]] |affiliation=[[Empire of Zatz]] }} '''Zatz''' is a formerly [[aether-sailing]] world in the [[Unknown Regions]], currently in the state of developmental decline. Over 1500 years ago, natives independently developed aether-sailing technology sufficiently different from that in common use in the [[Accords Sector]] and used it to place colonies on one of their moons. A few centuries later, the local planetary government collapsed and in the ensuing chaos, much technology was lost. Zatz has been in technological and magical decline ever since, as well as political decline with periods of stability. Currently, natives believe their world to be a geocentric bubble governed entirely by whims of their gods, with stars being holes in a solid crystal ball surrounding the world. == Inhabitants == Zatz is mostly inhabited by [[human]]s and [[elves]], both divided into several cultural varieties. Humans are divided into high men of the Imperial Heartlands, dark-skinned "red men" with a warrior culture, barbarian "fair men" and [[half-elf|half-elven]] "normen". Elves are divided into [[high elves]], cannibalistic [[wood elves]] and religious [[dark elves]]. In addition, there are influential populations of [[green orc]]s, [[catfolk]] and water-breathing [[lizardfolk]]. It was also once a home to technologically advanced race of [[dwarves]] which went extinct. == History == Although few tracks of them remain, it is presumed the [[Titans]] visited Zatz in the ancient past, due to the presence of races derived from their constructs. It's speculated several ancient complexes are in fact Titan ruins, or were of Titan origin before being remade by modern races. History is hard to tell apart from myth on Zatz, as most facts are shrouded in myth of the current, superstitious era. It is believed that once elves ruled Zatz, but were overthrown by a revolt led by their former human slaves. The First Empire of Zatz arose in this way over 2000 years ago. It is during this era that dwarves and high men developed advanced magic and technology and basic [[aether-sailing]] technology, apparently reaching even [[Nettis]], larger of Zatz's moons, and establishing colonies there. Some writings also suggest dwarves used a layer of [[the Aether]] to create a global instant communication network. However, with the fall of the First Empire, most of that technology was either lost or merely replicated without proper understanding. Eventually, high men united majority of the known world once again and for a few centuries, maintained a good political grip. Recently, a demonic cult opened a number of hell-gates on the surface of Zatz, leading to a crisis which eventually destabilized the Second Empire, and plunged the world into its current, declining state, filled with superstition about the state of the world. [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Elven worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] 83e435617f339f6f84bf047f95b658f96938d052 0 53 155 107 2016-01-28T22:04:19Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox Race |name=Aperusa |image=Aperusa.jpg |type=[[Humanoid]] |origin=Unknown |size=Medium |height=1,5-1,9m |lifespan=80 years |climate=Any terrestrial |abilities=TBD |worlds=No dominant worlds, present on many aether-sailing worlds }} '''Aperusa''' is a race of nomadic [[humanoid]]s seen all across the inhabited [[the Galaxy|Galaxy]]. Utilizing portals to get from world to world, they became a common sight. With a reputation for thievery, they're commonly subjected to prejudice and bans on how many of their numbers can enter a world. Aperusa have little respect for these bans, however, and proceed to squat on many worlds uninvited, often also disrupting previously uncontacted [[groundling world]]s, all because of a belief that the earth belongs to no one and no one can rightfully ban them from entry. == Biology == Aperusa superficially resemble [[human]]s, with some potential elven admixture. On a deeper level, there are significant differences. An aperusa's skin and hair take on vibrant, striking colors normally not appearing in most humanoid races. They can be deep blue, bright green, blood red or jet black, and the colors often mix between families resulting in many different colors even between siblings. Their facial structure usually exhibits hooked noses and strong jawlines, as well as thick facial hair in men. Anatomically, aperusa have several big differences from humans. They have two more abdominal muscles, thicker and stronger arm and leg muscles, semi-digitigrade feet and a heart located in the middle of the chest. All those traits suggest possible alien origin which accidentally evolved convergently to other humanoids, usually descended from the [[Titan]] constructs. == History == Aperusa do not share their history with outsiders and jealously guard most of their secrets. They do not interbreed with other races, and in rare occurrences when they do, the outsider is sworn as an honorary aperusa and obliged to keep their secrets. As such, the galactic society is unaware of aperusa origins or their history before their camps were discovered on a number of worlds on the border of [[Liminus Sector]] and [[Accords Sector]]. However, few theories are commonly postulated. One popular theory posits they are the starlings of [[Djedsut]]i myth. According to a [[First Kingdom]] story, they were once human-like people on Djedsut who lived in the eastern parts of the major continent. They, the starlings, were very curious people who traveled the world far and wide but could still not satiate their curiosity. They began to pine for the stars and longed for them so much, they all became afflicted with a race-wide despondence. Their king, [[Isetseba]] (lit. ''star-throne'', probably not a real name), longed so much he climbed the highest mountain on Djedsut and jumped from its peak so high, he landed among the stars. His people followed behind him and before the night was over, the entire race disappeared never to be heard from again. What may seem like a primitive myth trying to explain origin of the stars gains new credence when the murals depicting starlings show a clearly very human-looking race - and [[human]]s were absent from Djedsut in that era. However, some believe starlings may have actually been the [[akashic]]s, and the theory is far from widely accepted. Another popular theory plays on common traits attributed to aperusa. Known for thievery and fortune-telling, they are sometimes suspected of being outcasts and exiles from an otherwise unknown world in the [[Liminus Sector]] or even [[Unknown Regions]]. Speculated to be descended from criminals or political exiles, this theory is commonly disregarded for its racially insensitive connotations. == Culture == Although thievery and fortune-telling are the two most widely known parts of aperusa culture, their true society is as differentiated as that of any sentient race. They have craftsmen who create beautiful jewelry and textiles, as well as other pillars of every society. The reputation for thievery mostly stems from a cultural belief that only aperusa have to be properly respected, with many young outliers of their society, the ones the furthest away from their whole society, believing it gives them the freedom to take whatever they want from others. Aperusa fortune-telling is an ancient practice based on "reading the walls of the universe". According to some, these "walls" are where the entire history of universe is written and sometimes speculated to be the true home of the [[akashic]]s. However, the aperusa themselves refuse to comment on these few details that leaked out of their secretive society. [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] [[Category:Mammalian races]] a1e8a14c4d90128b8befc78b45b6acac447fd191 156 155 2016-01-28T22:08:21Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox Race |name=Aperusa |image=Aperusa.jpg |type=[[Humanoid]] |origin=Unknown |size=Medium |height=1,5-1,9m |lifespan=80 years |climate=Any terrestrial |abilities=TBD |worlds=No dominant worlds, present on many aether-sailing worlds }} '''Aperusa''' is a race of nomadic [[humanoid]]s seen all across the inhabited [[the Galaxy|Galaxy]]. Utilizing portals to get from world to world, they became a common sight. With a reputation for thievery, they're commonly subjected to prejudice and bans on how many of their numbers can enter a world. Aperusa have little respect for these bans, however, and proceed to squat on many worlds uninvited, often also disrupting previously uncontacted [[groundling world]]s, all because of a belief that the earth belongs to no one and no one can rightfully ban them from entry. == Biology == Aperusa superficially resemble [[human]]s, with some potential elven admixture. On a deeper level, there are significant differences. An aperusa's skin and hair take on vibrant, striking colors normally not appearing in most humanoid races. They can be deep blue, bright green, blood red or jet black, and the colors often mix between families resulting in many different colors even between siblings. Their facial structure usually exhibits hooked noses and strong jawlines, as well as thick facial hair in men. Anatomically, aperusa have several big differences from humans. They have two more abdominal muscles, thicker and stronger arm and leg muscles, semi-digitigrade feet and a heart located in the middle of the chest. All those traits suggest possible alien origin which accidentally evolved convergently to other humanoids, usually descended from the [[Titan]] constructs. == History == Aperusa do not share their history with outsiders and jealously guard most of their secrets. They do not interbreed with other races, and in rare occurrences when they do, the outsider is sworn as an honorary aperusa and obliged to keep their secrets. As such, the galactic society is unaware of aperusa origins or their history before their camps were discovered on a number of worlds on the border of [[Liminus Sector]] and [[Accords Sector]]. However, few theories are commonly postulated. One popular theory posits they are the starlings of [[Djedsut]]i myth. According to a [[First Kingdom]] story, they were once human-like people on Djedsut who lived in the eastern parts of the major continent. They, the starlings, were very curious people who traveled the world far and wide but could still not satiate their curiosity. They began to pine for the stars and longed for them so much, they all became afflicted with a race-wide despondence. Their king, [[Isetseba]] (lit. ''star-throne'', probably not a real name), longed so much he climbed the highest mountain on Djedsut and jumped from its peak so high, he landed among the stars. His people followed behind him and before the night was over, the entire race disappeared never to be heard from again. What may seem like a primitive myth trying to explain origin of the stars gains new credence when the murals depicting starlings show a clearly very human-looking race - and [[human]]s were absent from Djedsut in that era. However, some believe starlings may have actually been the [[akashic]]s, and the theory is far from widely accepted. Another popular theory plays on common traits attributed to aperusa. Known for thievery and fortune-telling, they are sometimes suspected of being outcasts and exiles from an otherwise unknown world in the [[Liminus Sector]] or even [[Unknown Regions]]. Speculated to be descended from criminals or political exiles, this theory is commonly disregarded for its racially insensitive connotations. == Culture == Although thievery and fortune-telling are the two most widely known parts of aperusa culture, their true society is as differentiated as that of any sentient race. They have craftsmen who create beautiful jewelry and textiles, as well as other pillars of every society. The reputation for thievery mostly stems from a cultural belief that only aperusa have to be properly respected, with many young outliers of their society, the ones the furthest away from their whole society, believing it gives them the freedom to take whatever they want from others. Aperusa fortune-telling is an ancient practice based on "reading the walls of the universe". According to some, these "walls" are where the entire history of universe is written and sometimes speculated to be the true home of the [[akashic]]s. However, the aperusa themselves refuse to comment on these few details that leaked out of their secretive society. {{Races}} [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] [[Category:Mammalian races]] 50607042e84bb4bd356bb03254d593e57c07a1cb 0 47 157 100 2016-01-28T22:10:01Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox Race |name=Akashic |image=Akashic.jpg |type=[[Spirit]] |origin=Unknown |size=Medium |height=1,8m |lifespan=N/A |climate=Any |abilities=TBD |worlds=[[the Aether]] }} '''Akashics''' are a group of mysterious, ethereal entities who hail from [[the Aether]]. When encountering mortal races, they take upon a form that looks like floating armor filled with an unearthly light of indescribable color. Some have taken to wrapping themselves with bandages or cloth to give themselves an even more humanoid appearance. In their natural form, they're simply "indescribable", as all witnesses report seeing only a multitude of unearthly colors that stretches across time and space. They describe themselves as ascended beings, suggesting a mortal origin, but no potential world has been believably proposed to be their original homeworld. == Origins == Self-described as ascended beings, akashics are believed to have once been a mortal, humanoid race that found out something fundamental about the nature of the universe which let them transcend its bounds. No planet or race has ever been reliably posited as their point of origin, and akashics themselves refuse to give meaningful answers. Asked if they were once [[Titans]], they only answer "we're not, usually". Remains of akashic influence can be seen across the Galaxy even before the Titan arrival, suggesting they are extremely ancient, although some akashic descriptions of the nature of their current existence may suggest they have the ability to travel in time to a point before their original ascendance, or may have ceased to exist on a conventional timescale. == Nature == For the purpose of spell effects, akashics are [[spirit (creature type)|spirits]], although they do not fit the traditional definitions of the word. Akashics are not dead, although they inhabit [[the Aether]] and transcend many traditional notions of our existence. In their natural form, they are incorporeal entities which have to bind a portion of themselves into a vaguely humanoid form. They describe this binding as unpleasant because they must confine themselves once again to a limited, mortal existence, albeit briefly. Numerous times, akashics expressed confusion at terms related to time, claiming to be aware of their entire timeline at once, all events in the universe "stacked on top of another". Akashics possess hyper-advanced knowledge of magic and technology, effortlessly creating devices and spells beyond our capabilities. They can easily replicate even lost Titan technologies, such as refining astral diamonds. Their personal magical power is seemingly only limited by the forms they take. Sometimes called gods, they refuse such titles, claiming even gods are bound to the material plane and limited by it, although they have been known to occasionally pose as gods for experimentation. Despite their temporal and magical properties, akashics are not omniscient or omnipotent. Their mortal avatars can be destroyed and their spiritual energies banished from the material plane, although it's unknown if one can truly be slain. They claim the greatest punishment an akashic could endure is being limited by the material plane again, i.e. being forced into a permanent ephemeral form, which is something akashics on occasion do to their outcasts. Such a "reincarnated akashic" loses most of its knowledge and abilities and allegedly cannot ascend again. Who issues the punishment is unknown as well, as akashic forms of governance are cryptically said to be "beyond mortal ken". == Relations == Akashics usually keep away from mortal, ephemeral races, claiming "nothing can be gained from contact". However, they have on occasion taken the above mentioned humanoid-like forms which let them interact with their chosen mortals. Akashics are known for buying or stealing magical artifacts, and are hard to keep away due to their powerful magic. Occasionally, they pose as gods to some undeveloped races or manipulate the histories of entire planets, seemingly for their own amusement. Often called irresponsible and infantile, yet at the same time impossibly wise, they are beings about as alien to us as [[Elder Things]]. However, akashics are considered enemies of the Elder Things. While hardly benevolent, their ultimate goal is often to preserve the stability of our universe. A small faction of akashics, called the [[Time Keepers]] has taken to protecting the stability of time from those who would manipulate it for their own gain. Akashics call our perception of time extremely limited, "like a single needle going down a straight line, despite a sea of possibilities around it", but they admit the future (or the past) isn't fixed, and choices made by conscious creatures can affect time despite its usual immutability. For that reason, they search for time-sensitive individuals and recruit them to the Time Keepers, to help in policing time from different perspectives. Another akashic faction, sometimes called derisively by other akashics the [[Crutch]], or the Helping Hands by their own terminology, aims to help other mortals ascend and join the akashics. The Crutch is frowned upon by other akashics who do not want new minds to "pollute" the pre-existing akashic collective. Occasionally, an akashic longs for its mortal existence. Other akashics would claim it's due to too much time spent among other mortals. Like those punished for whatever transgressions, such akashics are banished into an ephemeral form. 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align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Races: {{!}} {{{species}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{capital city|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Capital City: {{!}} {{{capital}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{government|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Government: {{!}} {{{government}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{rulers|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px"{{!}} Rulers: {{!}} {{{rulers}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{settlements|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Settlements: {{!}} {{{settlements}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{languages|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Languages: {{!}} {{{languages}}} }} |- {{#if:{{{religions|}}}| ! align="right" width="50px" {{!}} Religions: {{!}} {{{religions}}} }} |- |} |}</includeonly> 2d3ef43c13b7b4a800e3e40f00e35d556cf8fff2 2 57 183 129 2016-02-02T14:15:54Z Soluregos 24955228 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Earth |image=Earth.jpg |population=9,001 |day length=24 hours |year length=365 days |surface temp= 14° C |gravity=9.807 m/s² |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |moons=1 ([[Moon]]) |species=Human |capital=? |government=? |rulers=? |settlements=? |languages=? |religions=? |affiliation=? |tilt=? |type=? }} '''Earth''' or '''Terra''' is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although most of the galactic community doesn't realize it, it was the first world [[Titans]] visited and colonized in [[the Galaxy]]. Before the Titans disappeared, it housed a large number of [[Titan facilities]], including famous ones in [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]] and [[Mu]] (also known as [[R'lyeh]]). After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], a number of native and [[Titanic races|Titan-implanted races]] fought for domination, culminating in a cataclysm that destroyed most of them and paved the way for [[human]] dominance of Earth. Up to [[1875|present day]] Earth has very little knowledge of outer space, aether-sailing or other cultures out there, but the sporadic alien visits are making it slowly realize they are not alone in the universe. Earth has no formal diplomatic relationship with any [[Gnadra Accords]] signatories, making contact and trade with it extremely rare. == History == === Titan Era === Around 100,000 years ago, Earth was a primitive world inhabited by a few sentient races, most of which are nearly or completely extinct by 1875 AD. What those races were is unknown, but we know among them were [[trolls]], [[naga]] and a race of large simians called “[[girallons]]” by modern day humans. Even the naga of that age were mostly resembling other worlds’ [[naga aberration |aberration class naga]], being far more serpent-like than any half-human-looking modern day naga. In that ancient era, the [[Titans]] arrived to the [[Milky Way]] from [[NGC 1532|another galaxy]] and for unknown reasons, decided to take Earth as their capital for this galaxy. They built a series of large complexes which may have been facilities or towns, or both. The names Titans had for those complexes cannot be deciphered to this day but are currently known after the names of later places nearby. They are [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Thule]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]], [[Tunguska]], [[Jeju (Titan)|Jeju]], [[Shangri-La (Titan)|Shangri-La]], [[Lemuria]], [[Mu]], [[Aztlan]], [[Palenque]] and [[El Dorado]], as well as [[Antarctic Titan facility|another complex]] in [[the Antarctic]], of which 1875 humans know only from maps uncovered in Titan artifacts. For thousands of years, Titans were assisted in their endeavors by uncountable numbers of stone and metal golems of various forms. From Earth, Titans spread across the Galaxy and explored many planets that would at a later point bear intelligent life. Living in a utopian, post-singularity society, Titans avoided leaving a large blueprint on Earth, as settling it was never their primary goal. Unfortunately, around 77,000 years ago, their tireless pursuit of science led to them opening a portal to another dimension, home of the [[Elder Things]], gods of chaos and madness from beyond our universe. One of these creatures, known as [[Cthulhu]], emerged on Earth and cursed the Titan stone golems into flesh creatures to more easily corrupt their minds and turn them against the Titans. [[Titan Apocalypse|The cataclysm]] spread all across the Galaxy, wiping out most of the Titans. Some of the remaining survivors devised a plan that ultimately sealed off the alien beings back in their dimension. Even though the portals couldn't be destroyed completely, they were sealed with powerful technology and enchantments, with the one holding Cthulhu being located in the [[Mu]] facility, now known as R’lyeh. What happened to the remaining Titans after that is unknown, as they vanish from record at the same time as the Elder Things. === Age of Atlantis === Earth was left behind for the now fleshy descendants of the Titans' former golem servitors, among them humans, [[dwarves]], [[sphinx]]es and [[oni]]. In the following millennia, a scramble for the remains of Titan technology began, with many races recovering various tiny pieces of their knowledge. Based on those scraps of technology and magic, many new civilizations arose, eventually culminating in a period known as Age of Atlantis. Over 15,000 years ago, humans lived on only a relatively small piece of Earth, most of the planet occupied by other races, some of Titanic and some of native origin. As the former golems were still remembered as invaders and usurpers to the native races, mutual hatred arose. Even the Titanic races couldn’t work together, leading to an early period of war and chaos. During this era, the [[demon]] king [[Mara]] took one of his first mortal incarnations as the oni warlord [[Raijin]]. His most famous contemporaries were the human [[Atlas]], the founder of [[Atlantis]] and the sphinx [[Hapi]] whose image would later be worshiped as a god by the [[Egyptians]]. Eventually, a small number of powerful civilizations arose, among them the human [[Atlantis]], competing with the [[elves|elven]], sphinx and oni nations across the globe. Atlantis became a despotic, corrupt state that shunned everything non-human and sought to wipe out every non-human from Earth. Around 12,000 years ago, they uncovered a [[Atlantis superweapon|Titan superweapon]] in the ruins of the original Atlantis and attempted to use it. Whether due to their incompetence or elven sabotage, or even intended use, the weapon severely backfired and caused a [[Fall of Atlantis|global catastrophe]] that reshaped Earth. Most of the non-humans were wiped out as intended, although Atlantis itself was shattered and thrown to the bottom of the ocean. === The Hyperborean Age === Majority of the human race evacuated Atlantis in time and invaded [[Europe]] and [[Africa]], taking over the remains of elven and sphinx civilizations, eventually taking on some cultural traits of theirs. Soon afterwards, they spread into [[Asia]] where they adapted the oni and naga ruins for their own use. For the longest time, the most populous non-human races on Earth remained elves, who kept to the forests and away from human persecution, dwarves and [[trolls]] who retreated underground, and naga who remained within their ancient temples, scheming. Over the following seven thousand years, humans forgot their original ideology and non-human races became a subject of myth and superstition. Elves became “forest spirits”, dwarves and trolls became strange underground creatures and naga started breeding with humans to produce [[naga|hybrids]] that could infiltrate human civilization and take back their native homeworld. The last major threat to humanity was the [[giants]]. Once centered around the [[Mu]] facility, they spread from the now shattered continent, and flourished almost as much as humans, however remained primitive. Over 3000 years ago, the giants all over the world mobilized and the ensuing conflicts were remembered as the [[Gigantomachy]]. In the end, giants were nearly wiped out and would become extinct within the next thousand years. === Birth of Modern Human Civilization === //short synopsis of ancient human civilization and how this Earth is different with magic active in it// === The Middle Ages === //Middle Ages with magic in it, including prominent mage houses and persecution of magic// === Age of Reason === //The Age of "Reason" when Abrahamic religions nearly wiped out magic. 1500-1800// === Modern Era === //19th century on this Earth, including new advances in technology and rediscovery of some forgotten magic// == Geography == According to common galactic terminology, there are six continents and three oceans on Earth. The continents are [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[South America]], [[Australia]] and [[Antarctica]], although Earth natives count [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] as separate continents for cultural reasons. The oceans are according to both terms the [[Atlantic]], the [[Pacific]] and the [[Indian Ocean]]. Humans are dominant on all continents except the uninhabited Antarctica. === [[Eurasia]] === Eurasia is the largest and politically most important continent on Earth. The western subcontinent of [[Europe]] gave rise to most of Earth's current major political powers, including the [[British Empire]], [[United States of America]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Russia]], among others. Asia claims some of the oldest cultures on post-[[Atlantis]] Earth, including still-extant [[China]]. === [[Africa]] === Africa is one of the most technologically primitive continents on 19th century Earth, consisting mostly of small, tribal states or unclaimed territories but the major powers from [[Europe]] are slowly advancing into Africa. === [[North America]] === North America is one of the two post-colonial continents on Earth, being mostly occupied by descendants of colonists from [[Europe]] who proclaim their independence from the mother states. The most important state here is [[United States of America]], a rising power and a former colony of the [[British Empire]]. === [[South America]] === South America is another post-colonial continent, mostly divided between various former colonies of [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]], two former major powers of Earth, now greatly reduced in power. After some of the recent revelations, [[Brazil]], a state from South America, has taken an especially keen interest in [[the Aether]] and outer space. === [[Australia]] === Together with Oceania, Australia contains a large number of islands which are being slowly colonized by the major powers from [[Europe]]. Australia itself, the smallest continent on Earth, is currently ruled entirely by the [[British Empire]]. Many of the especially remote islands still contain active traces of ancient magic and technology, or become refuges for outlaws and criminals. === [[Antarctica]] === Currently uninhabited and the least explored continent on Earth, Antarctica is unpleasantly cold and home to very few varieties of life. === [[Hollow Earth]] === Earth's [[underworld]] is known as [[Hollow Earth]]. Although most of the ancient passages are now buried or otherwise severed, a few passages, including one in Iceland, are rumored to still exist. Commonly believed to be the realm of the dead, Hollow Earth is in fact mainly populated by [[dwarves]], [[troll]]s, [[troglodyte]]s and a sub-race of darkness-adjusted humans called [[Cimmerians]] who harbor deep hatred of surface humans for an ancient grudge, but lack organization to act on their hatreds. In deeper layers, a jungle lit by a point of elemental fire harbors more troglodytes, [[girallon]]s as well as a primitive sect of humanoid [[naga]]s. {{stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Major worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] e8665af76298a135c6d5b7d5d2866d35540ee308 0 30 184 150 2016-02-03T19:55:55Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox Race |name=Human |image=Human.jpg |type=[[Humanoid]] |origin=Titanic |size=Medium |height=1,5-1,9m |lifespan=75 years |climate=Any terrestrial |abilities=TBD |worlds=[[Earth]], [[Ivarind]], [[Strahdholdt]], [[Saroth]], [[Zatz]], [[Yotvia]] and [[:Category:Human worlds|more]] }} '''Humans''' are one of the most common races in [[the Galaxy]], originating from a [[Titan construct]] used on most worlds where [[Titans]] were present. In many worlds, the constructs went extinct at one point or another, but many others they remain an at least influential race. On a number of important worlds, including [[Earth]], [[Ivarind]], [[Strahdholdt]], [[Saroth]] and [[Yotvia]], humans are one of the dominant races, if not the dominant one. == Biology == Humans are a standard, bipedal [[humanoid]], [[mammalian races|mammalian]] race and on most worlds, they do not differ greatly from [[Earth]] humans, albeit on many worlds ethnicities absent on Earth are present, such as [[Red Martians]] from [[Mars]]. === Ethnicities === Most humans in the Galaxy are not divided into subraces, since the differences are really minor. There is however a number of distinct ethnicities, many of which are also present on Earth and are known in the Galaxy under different names, if any. There exists a small number of ethnicities which are absent on Earth. * [[Red Martians]] have a copper-red tinge to their skin, Hispanic facial structure and usually dark hair, with rare occurrences of brownish red hair. Their skin tone somewhat resembles Ancient Egyptians of Earth. * [[Yellow Martians]] have a yellow-golden-colored skin, Asian facial structure and brightly golden/blonde hair. * [[Van]]s of [[Ivarind]] look mostly human, with some seemingly elven features (merely idealized human features) as well silver/white hair and violet irises. In their case, they are not entirely human and their appearance stems from what [[silver dragon]]s of Ivarind believed perfect humans looked like. * [[Aperusa]] are sometimes said to be a strange human off-shoot, with skin of varying, vibrant colors that normally do not appear in humans on any world, including deep blue, blood red or pitch black. * [[Yotvian]]s are mutated through a curse that affected them early in their development and display flaps of loose skin that make outsiders commonly describe them as "pug-faced". They usually have wiry, dark hair and brownish, earthen skin tones. Blondes are born rarely and among the commoners seen as a blessing of the gods and a portent of great future. === True subraces === A few variants of humans with significant differences from the basic stock emerged on a few worlds. * The [[Mariners]] of [[Stygia]] adapted into aquatic life, spending most of their lives underwater. They have a bluish-teal skin covered in barnacles and greenish-teal hair mixed with seaweed. As their name suggests, they are expert sailors with some training in [[aether-sailing]] * The [[frostmen]] of [[Yasei]] have snow-white skin and pitch-black hair and prefer to live in cold climates. * The [[troglodytes]] live on a few human worlds and appear to be stronger and less intelligent than standard humans. They're known for powerful, muscular build and large, thick-browed skulls. * The [[Heliades]] of [[Helias]] are a magically altered human off-shoot. Their bodies are completely hairless, they have valves in their ears and a magical ability to speak with two different voices at once. They all have a fair skin despite otherwise outwardly resembling Ancient Greeks, from whom they're descended. * [[Spart]]s, currently found on [[Ganymede]] and [[Panchaea]] and formerly on [[Earth]] are a race of bald, bone-white, naturally muscular humans allegedly created (twice) 3000 years ago by sowing dragon teeth. {{Races}} [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Common races]] [[Category:Mammalian races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] 3cd7cdc96ba25773850034139d3f5768559ba963 0 64 185 2016-02-03T20:32:52Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "{{Infobox Race |name=Elf |image=HighElf.jpg |type=[[Humanoid]] |origin=Fey |size=Medium |height=1,6-1,9m |lifespan=900 years |climate=Any terrestrial |abilities=TBD |worlds=..." wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox Race |name=Elf |image=HighElf.jpg |type=[[Humanoid]] |origin=Fey |size=Medium |height=1,6-1,9m |lifespan=900 years |climate=Any terrestrial |abilities=TBD |worlds=[[Ard Teach]], [[Zatz]], [[Saroth]] and [[:Category:Human worlds|more]] }} '''Elves''' are a race of [[naturalized fey]] present on many worlds once visited by the [[Titans]]. Elves formed when some fey, influenced by Titan-seeded [[humanoid]] inhabitants' dreams, took on more human-like forms and personalities. Due to their low breeding rate and recursive origin, on many worlds they're relegated to auxiliary roles. However, in few situations they managed to climb to greater status due to their innate talent for [[magic]]. == Biology == As naturalized fey who took on more human-like features, elves are biologically very similar to humans, down to the placement of internal organs. A bipedal, [[mammalian races|mammal]] [[humanoid]] race, elves can be treated and poisoned with most of the same substances as humans. However, like all fey, they're allergic to [[cold iron]], though it does not kill them unless ingested in large amounts. Elves typically have much longer lifespans than humans. Elves do not mature until they're nearly 100 years old, but can live to be nearly a thousand years old, in lucky circumstances. Usually considered more attractive than humans, they preserve the appearance of youth for most of their lives until their eighth century when their hair thins out and grows white and their bodies quickly lose their characteristic agility. Nevertheless, old elves not only remain intellectually apt but often continue to grow more intelligent until their deaths. All that and their innate intuition for magic makes them prime candidates for [[wizards]] or other magic users. == Subraces == Elves are traditionally divided into a number of cultural and biological divisions. * [[High elves]] are the tallest and most magically talented elves with fair skin and hair. Often said to be aloof and usually consider themselves better than humans or other "lesser races". * [[Wood elves]] are slightly shorter than high elves and prefer to keep to the wilderness, living in harmony with nature. Sometimes, they are forces into this life by circumstance, such as systematic persecution of elves on [[Earth]] and sometimes they choose so of their own accord. Wood elves sometimes have darker skin colors, as well as red or green hair. * [[Sea elves]] are magically modified descendants of elves who escaped their world's progress by delving into the seas. Culturally very similar to high elves, sea elves have light blue skin, webbed fingers and toes and on some worlds, gills. * [[Dark elves]] are reclusive elves who live in their worlds' [[underworld]]s. Typically, they possess dark purple, dark blue or jet black skin and pristinely white hair. Although they too consider themselves superior, they're much more violently inclined and often live in strictly matriarchal societies (as opposed to most other elves egalitarian societies). * [[Sand elves]] live on some desert worlds and were forced by their circumstance into more extreme societies. Sometimes nomadic, sometimes occupying the crucial oases of their worlds, sand elves are more warlike and violent than most other types of elves. {{Races}} [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] [[Category:Fey races]] [[Category:Major races]] ee9b0543b3a64320b1594e737b95ae51cc641679 186 185 2016-02-04T15:41:06Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox Race |name=Elf |image=HighElf.jpg |type=[[Humanoid]] |origin=Fey |size=Medium |height=1,6-1,9m |lifespan=900 years |climate=Any terrestrial |abilities=TBD |worlds=[[Ard Teach]], [[Zatz]], [[Saroth]] and [[:Category:Human worlds|more]] }} '''Elves''' are a race of [[naturalized fey]] present on many worlds once visited by the [[Titans]]. Elves formed when some fey, influenced by Titan-seeded [[humanoid]] inhabitants' dreams, took on more human-like forms and personalities. Due to their low breeding rate and recursive origin, on many worlds they're relegated to auxiliary roles. However, in few situations they managed to climb to greater status due to their innate talent for [[magic]]. Their unaltered counterpart are [[troll]]s. == Biology == As naturalized fey who took on more human-like features, elves are biologically very similar to humans, down to the placement of internal organs. A bipedal, [[mammalian races|mammal]] [[humanoid]] race, elves can be treated and poisoned with most of the same substances as humans. However, like all fey, they're allergic to [[cold iron]], though it does not kill them unless ingested in large amounts. Elves typically have much longer lifespans than humans. Elves do not mature until they're nearly 100 years old, but can live to be nearly a thousand years old, in lucky circumstances. Usually considered more attractive than humans, they preserve the appearance of youth for most of their lives until their eighth century when their hair thins out and grows white and their bodies quickly lose their characteristic agility. Nevertheless, old elves not only remain intellectually apt but often continue to grow more intelligent until their deaths. All that and their innate intuition for magic makes them prime candidates for [[wizards]] or other magic users. == Subraces == Elves are traditionally divided into a number of cultural and biological divisions. * [[High elves]] are the tallest and most magically talented elves with fair skin and hair. Often said to be aloof and usually consider themselves better than humans or other "lesser races". * [[Wood elves]] are slightly shorter than high elves and prefer to keep to the wilderness, living in harmony with nature. Sometimes, they are forces into this life by circumstance, such as systematic persecution of elves on [[Earth]] and sometimes they choose so of their own accord. Wood elves sometimes have darker skin colors, as well as red or green hair. * [[Sea elves]] are magically modified descendants of elves who escaped their world's progress by delving into the seas. Culturally very similar to high elves, sea elves have light blue skin, webbed fingers and toes and on some worlds, gills. * [[Dark elves]] are reclusive elves who live in their worlds' [[underworld]]s. Typically, they possess dark purple, dark blue or jet black skin and pristinely white hair. Although they too consider themselves superior, they're much more violently inclined and often live in strictly matriarchal societies (as opposed to most other elves egalitarian societies). * [[Sand elves]] live on some desert worlds and were forced by their circumstance into more extreme societies. Sometimes nomadic, sometimes occupying the crucial oases of their worlds, sand elves are more warlike and violent than most other types of elves. {{Races}} [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] [[Category:Fey races]] [[Category:Major races]] c3fadb39795a81beb226cd9cb66227156eb212d4 190 186 2016-02-04T19:42:24Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox Race |name=Elf |image=HighElf.jpg |type=[[Humanoid]] |origin=Fey |size=Medium |height=1,6-1,9m |lifespan=900 years |climate=Any terrestrial |abilities=TBD |worlds=[[Ard Teach]], [[Zatz]], [[Saroth]] and [[:Category:Elven worlds|more]] }} '''Elves''' are a race of [[naturalized fey]] present on many worlds once visited by the [[Titans]]. Elves formed when some fey, influenced by Titan-seeded [[humanoid]] inhabitants' dreams, took on more human-like forms and personalities. Due to their low breeding rate and recursive origin, on many worlds they're relegated to auxiliary roles. However, in few situations they managed to climb to greater status due to their innate talent for [[magic]]. Their unaltered counterpart are [[troll]]s. == Biology == As naturalized fey who took on more human-like features, elves are biologically very similar to humans, down to the placement of internal organs. A bipedal, [[mammalian races|mammal]] [[humanoid]] race, elves can be treated and poisoned with most of the same substances as humans. However, like all fey, they're allergic to [[cold iron]], though it does not kill them unless ingested in large amounts. Elves typically have much longer lifespans than humans. Elves do not mature until they're nearly 100 years old, but can live to be nearly a thousand years old, in lucky circumstances. Usually considered more attractive than humans, they preserve the appearance of youth for most of their lives until their eighth century when their hair thins out and grows white and their bodies quickly lose their characteristic agility. Nevertheless, old elves not only remain intellectually apt but often continue to grow more intelligent until their deaths. All that and their innate intuition for magic makes them prime candidates for [[wizards]] or other magic users. == Subraces == Elves are traditionally divided into a number of cultural and biological divisions. * [[High elves]] are the tallest and most magically talented elves with fair skin and hair. Often said to be aloof and usually consider themselves better than humans or other "lesser races". * [[Wood elves]] are slightly shorter than high elves and prefer to keep to the wilderness, living in harmony with nature. Sometimes, they are forces into this life by circumstance, such as systematic persecution of elves on [[Earth]] and sometimes they choose so of their own accord. Wood elves sometimes have darker skin colors, as well as red or green hair. * [[Sea elves]] are magically modified descendants of elves who escaped their world's progress by delving into the seas. Culturally very similar to high elves, sea elves have light blue skin, webbed fingers and toes and on some worlds, gills. * [[Dark elves]] are reclusive elves who live in their worlds' [[underworld]]s. Typically, they possess dark purple, dark blue or jet black skin and pristinely white hair. Although they too consider themselves superior, they're much more violently inclined and often live in strictly matriarchal societies (as opposed to most other elves egalitarian societies). * [[Sand elves]] live on some desert worlds and were forced by their circumstance into more extreme societies. Sometimes nomadic, sometimes occupying the crucial oases of their worlds, sand elves are more warlike and violent than most other types of elves. {{Races}} [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] [[Category:Fey races]] [[Category:Major races]] 943c7f7b945fc67b83811f019e71ad286a0cfb0c 0 65 187 2016-02-04T15:44:29Z Verroak 24955056 Redirected page to [[Elf]] wikitext text/x-wiki #REDIRECT[[Elf]] 7b4253c7582fc437d927d30fc85fafa6770bcb7d 0 66 188 2016-02-04T19:03:44Z Verroak 24955056 Redirected page to [[Dwarf]] wikitext text/x-wiki #REDIRECT[[Dwarf]] f6ccc8a31005033bc21ff812763faebb29aaff23 0 67 189 2016-02-04T19:39:24Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "{{Infobox Race |name=Dwarf |image=IronDwarf.jpg |type=[[Humanoid]] |origin=Titanic |size=Medium |height=1,2-1,5m |lifespan=200 years |climate=Any terrestrial |abilities=TBD |w..." wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox Race |name=Dwarf |image=IronDwarf.jpg |type=[[Humanoid]] |origin=Titanic |size=Medium |height=1,2-1,5m |lifespan=200 years |climate=Any terrestrial |abilities=TBD |worlds=[[Zvargoff]] and [[:Category:Dwarven worlds|more]] }} '''Dwarves''' are a race of former [[Titan construct]]s turned into flesh-and-blood creatures by the [[Elder Things]]. Dwarves are the second most populous Titanic race as a former menial laborer unit. Because of their former role and the place where they found themselves upon awakening to mortal life, most dwarves live in [[underworld]]s and rarely dominate their worlds' surfaces. The rare exception to that rule is the [[Irden Reichs]], a powerful interstellar empire ruled by dwarves. == Biology == Although biologically very similar to humans, dwarves are shorter and stockier. The tallest dwarves can reach the same height as shortest humans. Despite their shorter stature, dwarves have more densely packed muscles and accumulate fat faster, leading to weight comparable or higher than average human one. Dwarves also have a notable resistance to natural poisons and quickly build up immunity to stronger poisons if exposed enough (making most assassinations among dwarves particularly brutal). Dwarven skin contains different pigments than humans, leading to darker skinned dwarves being grayish to black, instead of varying shades of brown in humans. Dwarf's most striking feature is the beard. Dwarves are more hairy on average than humans and grow thick, luxurious beards with little trouble. Although females are slightly less hairy, they too have to shave to keep the beard-less look usually encouraged by their culture. Dwarves are more hairy on their entire body and rarely grow bald. Dwarves live longer than humans, reaching adulthood in their forties and living until their 200s. == Subraces == Dwarves are traditionally divided into subraces named after various metals and minerals associated with them due to appearance or culture. It is sometimes thought the metal represents the original material they were made of as a construct, but it's been proven false as all inactive golem dwarves found are invariably made of the same [[animaton]] clay. * [[Iron dwarves]] are the most common variety of dwarf. Paler than most other varieties and with hair color approaching human variety, they are the most likely subrace to live on the surface. Iron dwarves are known for their rigid societal structure, segregation based on gender and the practice of family professions, with generations upon generations inheriting the job of their fathers. The core of [[Irden Reichs|Irden]] leadership is iron dwarves. * [[Coal dwarves]] are the least likely to live on the surface. Dark grey skinned and usually white haired, coal dwarves usually have pessimistic outlook on life. They believe life is meaningless and there is nothing more to it but endless toil. Gruff and often rude compared to upright iron dwarves, they avoid other races. * [[Gold dwarves]] have bright skin and hair with a golden tinge. While still concerned with tradition and manners, gold dwarves are usually more liberally minded, believing in gender and racial equality. Unlike most other dwarves, who believe their chief duty is work and family, gold dwarves believe their chief duty is heroic deeds and saving those in need. * [[Bronze dwarves]] have a skin of a metallic dark brown color and vibrant hair colors, including fiery red. Although usually peaceful, bronze dwarves are quick to anger. This and their traditional association with fire elemental sometimes leads to dubbing them "fire dwarves". * [[Silver dwarves]] or ice dwarves are the palest variety, varying from white to bright bluish gray skin and white or blue hair. The most stoic and conservative of all dwarves, they're known for a few quirks. Preferring colder environments, even their women grow long beards. Additionally, silver dwarves are known for their bouts of fear - they remain stoic until their fear overtakes them, upon which the ice dwarf flies into a fit of panic with little relation to the actual threat. {{Races}} [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] [[Category:Major races]] [[Category:Titanic races]] a3c3144f7c5f66a10719c3a91c1b3acdd42e8c3b 10 49 191 161 2016-02-04T19:46:32Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse" !colspan="2"|Races |- | Common races | [[Human]] - [[Elf]] - [[Dwarf]] - [[Gnome]] - [[Halfling]] - [[Orc]] - [[Goliath]] - [[Giff]] - [[Dohwar]] - [[Mercane]] - [[Oni]] - [[Sphinx]] - [[Dracon]] |- | Other races | [[Aboussaur]] - [[Ajazy]] - [[Android]] - [[Aperusa]] - [[Aureal]] - [[Boggard]] - [[Bugbear]] - [[Cactusfolk]] - [[Catfolk]] - [[Cecaelia]] - [[Centaur]] - [[Cerebromorph]] - [[Darfellan]] - [[Dragonid]] - [[Ettin]] - [[Gargoyle]] - [[Ghilani]] - [[Giant]] - [[Girallon]] - [[Goblin]] - [[Grav]] - [[Grippli]] - [[Hadozee]] - [[Harpy]] - [[Hobgoblin]] - [[Hamsterling]] - [[Hothak]] - [[Hurwaeti]] - [[Kappa]] - [[Kenku]] - [[Khorak]] - [[Kobold]] - [[Korraw]] - [[Kyton]] - [[Lektin]] - [[Lizarfolk]] - [[Locathah]] - [[Ma'yee]] - [[Medusa]] - [[Merfolk]] - [[Minotaur]] - [[Myrmidon]] - [[Nephilim]] - [[Naga]] - [[Nerugi]] - [[Nsing]] - [[Osh'wari]] - [[Plumkin]] - [[Ratling]] - [[Salamander]] - [[Satyr]] - [[Scorpid]] - [[Sea Devil]] - [[Shivan]] - [[Syrinx]] - [[Tanukki]] - [[Telchin]] - [[Thorak]] - [[Tiefling]] - [[Treant]] - [[Triton]] - [[Troll]] - [[Trox]] - [[Vannara]] - [[Vegepygmy]] - [[Venerean]] - [[Vroomn]] - [[Vyrhuo]] - [[Wayang]] - [[Wurm]] - [[Xill]] - [[Xixchil]] - [[Yaksha]] - [[Yapper]] - [[Yeti]] |- | Spiritual races | [[Akashic]] - [[Angel]] - [[Demon]] - [[Ghost]] - [[God]] - [[Worldmother]] - [[Wraith]] |- | Undead races | [[Draugr]] - [[Death knight]] - [[Ghoul]] - [[Jiangshi]] - [[Larva]] - [[Lich]] - [[Mummy]] - [[Natural undead]] - [[Vampire]] - [[Xa'tac]] - [[Zombie]] |- | Extinct races | [[Bond'wari]] - [[Titan]] - [[Xa'tac]] - [[Yellowstone Progenitors]] |} 8d57f353d1af6b6f8c618dd6143709265f1ef613 192 191 2016-02-04T21:18:31Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; 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Unlike [[elves]], their forms became diminutive and compact. Although gnomes usually lack leadership ambitions and therefore rarely dominate their worlds, one of the most powerful interstellar states, [[Gnadra Confederacy]], was formed by gnomes, making them one of the most populous and powerful races in [[the Galaxy]]. Their unaltered counterpart are [[goblin]]s. == Biology == Gnomes greatly resemble, internally and externally, humans affected with growth disabilities. Due to their origins as prankster fey, they originally took on these forms to make bigger humanoid races see them as childish and innocent. Unlike elves, gnomes do not have pointed ears or cat-like pupils, leaving very little sign of their fey origin. One of the few fey elements left in their biology is their allergy to [[cold iron]] (although they do not die to it as easily as proper fey). Gnomes are naturally curious creatures, to the point of severe psychological and biological issues if their curiosity is not sated often enough. A gnome with no intellectual stimulation in their life slowly undergoes a form of depression that eventually, if untreated, leads to sleep deprivation and even self-starvation. That makes gnomes good adventuring companions and poor manual laborers. == Subraces == Biological differences between varieties of gnomes are usually minimal and often display mostly cultural differences. * [[Rock gnome]]s are the most populous variety of gnome, living on [[Gnegav]] and many [[Gnadra Confederacy]] worlds. They're peaceful, rustic people who live in underground houses and often find companions among burrowing animals. They're commonly seen as pranksters and illusionists. They have the same variety of skin and hair color as humans. * [[Tinker gnome]]s are politically most powerful, due to their role in the [[Gnadra Confederacy]]. Unlike most races of fey origins, they're technologically oriented and prefer to achieve their goals through technology (frequently aided by magic). With the same variety of skin colors as humans, they possess much more vibrant hair colors, including bright pink, lime green or aquamarine. * [[Forest gnome]]s are the closest to their fey origins. They often live in tree houses connected with vast networks of bridges, made of wood harvested without harming the trees. Their biggest center is [[Ruelgorm]]. Their skin has muted earthen tones, and their hair can take on darker shades of human hair or varieties of green. * [[Deep gnome]]s are the most reclusive variety, usually living in [[underworld]]s. They're stoic, contemplative creatures who take to guarding the fragile balance of life in their dark habitats. They have dark grey or pitch-black skin and males are usually bald, while females have stringy, thin, white or grey hair. * [[Sand gnome]]s live on desert worlds, often ones whose nature was devastated in a cataclysm. Driven mad by destruction of their habitats, they're savages with little tolerance of outsiders, including other tribes of sand gnomes. They usually have sandy yellow, red or brown skin and dark brown or black hair. {{Races}} [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Major races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] [[Category:Fey races]] 2dadce1624a88f3ecbad8e23c562793512557cc4 0 69 195 2016-02-06T20:54:02Z Verroak 24955056 Redirected page to [[Gnome]] wikitext text/x-wiki #REDIRECT[[Gnome]] ebc61cb4c7fee2bb403216f4e7e3ed78241c804e 0 40 196 87 2016-02-06T21:00:11Z Verroak 24955056 /* Interstellar Empire */ wikitext text/x-wiki '''Irden Reichs''' is a major galactic civilization originating from planet [[Zvargoff]]. Dominated by [[dwarves]], it is an imperialistic faction with a heavy ideological slant. Irden Reichs rules a large part of the [[Accords Sector]], with 89 official inhabited member worlds, second in size only to [[Gnadra Confederacy]] with 108 worlds and closely followed by the [[Ard Teach Réalta]] with 87. Although an official member of the [[Gnadra Accords]], its relationship with the other members is somewhat cool due to ideological clashes. However, despite some internal elements seeking conflict with other major civilizations, the Irden Reichs remains peaceful to other members. == Philosophy == Irden Reichs was built on the basis of the Irden ideology, founded [[989|886 years ago]] on the basis of [[Oserich Altmann]]'s book ''Irden Destiny''. An archaeologist working on a [[Titan]] facility of [[Telekinthus]] on [[Zvargoff]], Altmann claimed to have deciphered the Titan language. Although many of his contemporaries found his research scientifically dubious, the heavy ideological slant of his book found fertile ground in the disenfranchised youth of his era's Zvargoff. Altmann claimed the Titans were representatives of perfect order in the universe, and as creations of the Titans, dwarves (a term he personally hated) should follow that order and do whatever they can to make that perfect plan a reality. Although this ideology doesn't explicitly call Titans [[gods]], in practice the belief in their absolute infallibility gives them a divine authority. The perfect order, as envisioned by Altmann, included every race 'taking its rightful place', as preordained by the Titans. Dwarves were, according to him, meant to be the rulers, soldiers and workers and should only refer to themselves as 'Irden', i.e. 'made of earth' in [[Zvargovian]]. [[Giants]], which were subjects of many centuries of mutual racial hatred on Zvargoff, were supposed to be manual laborers and shock troopers. Every other Titan-made race, many of which were either never present on Zvargoff or extinct by Altmann's time, had its own niches it was supposed to fall into and never stray from. Therefore, Altmann's ideology, allegedly based on the Titans' own designs, segregated entire galactic society, of which Altmann was not aware, into race-based castes. Today, this ideology is used by the Irden to segregate every citizen and subject of their empire. The most contentious - on the galactic theater - point of their ideology is their treatment of non-titanic races. As they do not come from the Titans they do not factor at all into the 'perfect order'. Therefore, as Irden see it, they can be dealt with in any way they see fit. If a 'monster' (Irden word for a non-titanic race) can be particularly useful, it can be used, although a titanic one will always be preferred for the same job. Often non-titanic subjects of the Irden are treated as little more than slaves. Even though officially slavery is illegal in Irden Reichs, their law defines slavery as 'owning people and treating them as property', where non-titanic races do not count as 'people', only 'monsters'. To avoid sanctions from [[Gnadra Accords]], Irden avoid too public or large-scale enslaving of 'monsters', though it is painfully obvious to most observers it is only a facade. In everyday life, an Irden's most important values are duty and hard work. Passion is frowned upon, per Altmann's third book, ''Arbata den Titanen'', "passion is the death of duty'. Irden are supposed to follow their orders and work hard to fulfill them to their best. Wives are supposed to obey their husbands, who they were arranged to marry by their fathers. Extramarital affairs are punishable by jail time for breaking one's duty, and bachelors pay a special tax for not having a wife. == History == === Background === :: ''Main article: [[Zvargoff#History]]'' Irden Reichs arose on [[Zvargoff]] which had a long history of [[giant]] domination. Over 3500 years ago, all of the dominant races were various kinds of giants and the world was known as [[Tyrinsal]]. Dwarves and other smaller races were seen as lesser species and were viciously persecuted, up to and including cannibalism. Approximately 3300 years ago, a revolution arose among Tyrinsal's dwarves, led by a semi-legendary hero [[Buri the Giantslayer]] and after his death, [[Sons of Buri]]. The violent revolution turned Tyrinsal's social order upside down, exterminating most of the giants and placing the dwarves on top. === Rise of Irden ideology === Thousands of years later, Zvargoff was divided between various kingdoms and republics with little common identity and giant enslavement merely a distant historical era. It was then, around 900 years ago, that one particular dwarven supremacist and archaeologist, [[Oserich Altmann]], became known for trying to piece together the original [[Titan language]]. While most attempted to translate the Titan inscriptions using what was known of Giant languages, he remained steadfast in the belief that dwarves are the chosen creations of the Titans. In this era, a gigantophilic movement arose, feeling the genocide of the giants was a mistake and seeking reparations for the former overlords of Zvargoff. Altmann staunchly opposed that stance, seeing giants as usurpers from the start. He finally translated some version of Titan inscriptions in the ruins of [[Telekinthus]] and came up with the now famous verse describing “the earthen” (or Irden) as rightful inheritors of the world. He published his findings in the now-revered ''[[Irden Destiny]]'' book. Although at the time his translations were widely disputed and his contemporaries brought attention to multiple dubious leaps of logic Altmann made, Irden Destiny sparked the imagination of thousands of young dwarves and a new movement was born. In the following century, many Irden parties and local movements sprang all across Zvargoff, demanding recognition of ideologies espoused by Altmann in Irden Destiny and his later, even more propaganda-laden books. Although many governments tried to show some good-will towards these movements, the disagreements soon turned to violence when the first militant Irden circles attempted to take over their nations. Over the next thirty years, persecution of the radical Irden movement caused civil wars all across Zvargoff. [[1102|773 years ago]], [[Union of True Irden Power]] finally succeeded at toppling a local government in [[Harz]] and established an absolute monarchy, with a king claiming descent from [[Buri]]’s son, [[Vay]]. Over the following fifty years, more governments were brutally toppled. [[1159|716 years ago]], all the Irden kings met in [[Telekinthus]] with the remaining non-Irden leaders to unite most of Zvargoff under the rule of one Kaiser, ruling from Harz. === Interstellar Empire === The newly-formed Irden Reichs began tightening its grip on Zvargoff and making sure [[giant]]s stayed in their isolated reserves, or using them as shock troops against the few opposing forces. Irden archaeologists continued [[Oserich Altmann]]’s work on deciphering the Titan language and at this era, they finally completed one of the devices for which blueprints Oserich found in Telekinthus – an aether-traversing engine that allowed Irden to leave Zvargoff and bypass the vast swathes of empty space to quickly get to other worlds. Using this and other new technology reverse-engineered from Titan technology, Irden caused an industrial revolution that saw their numbers quickly boom. Irden began spreading to other, unoccupied worlds in their system, always looking for trace of the Titans, believing them to be responsible for all order in the universe. In thirty years, Irden were beginning to colonize nearby worlds, paying little heed to previous inhabitants. Non-Titanic creatures were seen as little more than beasts and monsters. If it didn’t have a place in the Titanic Order, as deciphered by Oserich Altmann, it had no humanoid rights. When they found remains of sphinxes on an arid, unpopulated world now known as [[Lamienheim]], they found first proof of the fabled creatures from Altmann’s writings and became even more convinced of their Titanic Order. Their expansion continued until, [[1235|640 years ago]], they found the world of [[Gnegav]], dominated by a race of religious [[rock gnome]]s. [[Gnegvi]]s were allowed entry into the Irden Reichs, although they found little attraction in the ideology which gave them the position of inventors at best and menial laborers at worst. The two factions parted peaceably, for a time. For the following twenty years, at Irden insistence, Irden citizens were allowed to settle on [[Gnegav]]. Because of the world’s abundance of natural resources such as wood, coal and very nutritious fauna, soon dwarves began swarming Gnegav and quickly straining the ecosystem. Having great respect for nature, seeing its balance as very important in [[The Light|Light]]’s demands for them, they demanded the Irden government to rein in their citizens. Unhappy with the turn of events, Kaiser ordered a provocation where a few gnomes working for them attacked Irden citizens of Gnegav, justifying Irden’s declaration of war. In a [[Gnegav War|brief war]] where Gnegav’s towns and temples were bombed from orbit or invaded by troops dropped from orbit, the gnomes had to surrender after just a few months. As Irden continued to explore space, they also decided to put the [[Gnegvi]] “where they belonged as [[gnome]]s”. The great temples of Gnegav were destroyed or turned into civilian facilities and the gnomish race was put into diaspora all across the Reichs, where they were refused most jobs that weren’t involved in engineering, manual labor or economy. Despite that decentralization, Gnegvi managed to maintain a level of their own identity, united by their religion, practiced in the seclusion of their homes or led in small prayer circles by the local priests. One other populous subject race of the Irden are Yotvian [[human]]s. Their homeworld of [[Yotvia]] was shaken by an ancient cataclysm and became barely habitable. The [[Elder Things]]' curse had more drastic effects on the locals, leading the dominant race of humans to have flaps of loose skin around their body, leading to many comparisons between them and pugs or other similar breeds of dogs. Because Yotvia was disorganized, with no central authority, the Irden began simply colonizing it. A few Yotvian groups opposed them for a short time but in a series of short, brutal wars most of those groups were summarily destroyed. Afterwards, Yotvians were incorporated into the Titanic Order as humans, serving mostly as soldiers and personal servants of dwarven nobles. === Joining the Galactic Community === The Irden met other major members of the galactic community shortly before the emergence of the [[Xa'tac]] over 450 years ago. For that brief period, the antagonism between the Irden and other factions was rising quickly, with the [[Gnadra Confederacy|Gnadra]] and some other powers gearing for potential war. It was then that the Xa’tac struck, forcing everyone to divert their attention to the new, active threat. Over the course of the war and its final conclusion at the hands of the unified alliance of sentient races of the sector, the Irden worked out a sense of cooperation with the other powers. When the [[Gnadra Accords]] were first signed [[1458|417 years ago]], the Irden happily joined this community, seeing more prospect for expansion in the unclaimed and mostly uncivilized sectors, as opposed to tangling with factions that could actually damage their own planets. Although this situation continues to this day, the Irden are distrusted because of their fanatical devotion to the Titanic Order, which sees all their allies “rightful places” as either servants or enemies to be destroyed. Although the Kaiser and his [[Reichstag]] have always voted for cooperation for centuries, there are growing dissident voices that want confrontation and “[[Final Ordering]]” for the whole [[Galaxy]]. Irden and Gnadra have both very active spy rings which constantly make sure the other isn’t a threat. This animosity manifests in popular culture of both states, with Gnadra-made popular [[Simulatron|combat simulator]] including Irden as an enemy faction together with [[Xa'tac]] and [[Elder Things]], and in Irden politics where a radical faction openly agitates for the Final Ordering and promises to put it in action if they’re voted into office (even though such final decision would belong to the Kaiser). {{Stub}} [[Category:Factions]] [[Category:Major civilizations]] [[Category:Accords Sector]] [[Category:Irden Reichs]] 141cb97674ea578e6db49517f7d6bc82c4123ed6 0 70 197 2016-02-06T22:52:53Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "{{Infobox Race |name=Halfling |image=Halfling.jpg |type=[[Humanoid]] |origin=Titanic |size=Small |height=0,8-1m |lifespan=60 years |climate=Any terrestrial |abilities=TBD |wor..." wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox Race |name=Halfling |image=Halfling.jpg |type=[[Humanoid]] |origin=Titanic |size=Small |height=0,8-1m |lifespan=60 years |climate=Any terrestrial |abilities=TBD |worlds=[[Taprobana]], [[Kind]] and [[:Category:Halfling worlds|more]] }} '''Halflings''' are a race of short [[humanoid]]s of [[Titan]]ic origin. Originally created as maintenance constructs meant to crawl into the smallest machinery, they strayed far from the original purpose. Once turned to flesh by [[Elder Things]], they enjoyed their new forms immensely and became a race mostly known for being jolly and either adventurous or home-bound. They are rarely ambitious, but are often free-spirited, often running into conflict with [[Irden Reichs]] when halfling worlds get in the way of their expansion. The Irden attempt to impose their order on the halflings and put them back to their Titanic work, which halflings detest. Halflings are known for being some of the best cooks, tailors and certain other types of craftsmen in [[the Galaxy]] == Biology == Halflings resemble humans biologically, including general shape, although they're half as tall, hence their [[Common language|Common]] name (they call themselves only "the folk"). Because of their size, they have a much quicker metabolism, leading to their famous hunger and energy. Most halflings are more hairy than the average human, most of their body, including top of their feet, being covered with thick, fur-like hair. Soles of their feet are also unusually tough, letting most halflings go barefoot in all but most extreme climates. == Subraces == Most halflings belong to two types, the adventurous quick halflings and conservative quiet halflings. Various types rarely show much biological difference, being mostly divided along cultural lines. * [[Quick halfling]]s are seen in space more often, being the kind more likely to leave their homes. They suffer from wanderlust that on their homeworlds, leads them to live nomadic lives in ever-moving caravans, and in space, to be some of the most famous explorers. They have the same range of hair and skin color as humans. * [[Quiet halfling]]s are the opposite of the quick ones, preferring to stay at home and rarely changing their settlements. They often live in large groups of houses blended into the nature, with most individuals in a settlement being related to one another. They rarely form large states, their top officials being village elders. More often than quick halflings, quiet ones have reddish hair. * [[Base halfling]]s are rare exceptions to the kind, empathetic image most halflings are known for. Savages living in jungles or deserts of remote worlds, base halflings are known for cannibalism, xenophobia and incest. Most base halfling cultures paint their entire bodies in elaborate facial and body paint meant to represent their allegiance and personal combat history. Some are known to forgo clothing, believing in magical power of their body paint. * [[Kinder]] are a rare, but prominent group of halflings from [[Kind]]. Still within human coloration albeit usually in the darker part of it, kinder are known for being infantile in both positive and negative ways. They're inquisitive, fun-loving and charming, but also cruel, selfish and vindictive. * [[Sky halfling]]s, also known as whisperlings, are another rare breed speculated to have air elemental ancestry. Very fair of skin and hair, they live in high aeries together with a breed of giant eagles they use as life-long mounts. {{Races}} [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Major races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] [[Category:Titanic races]] 496b3e173f58d73025e26c225a65a9a3252d90e8 0 4 199 168 2016-02-08T23:20:01Z Verroak 24955056 Antiquity wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Earth |image=Earth.jpg |type=Temperate |population=1,325 billion |day length=24 hours |year length=365 days |surface temp= 14° C |gravity=Standard |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |moons=1 ([[Earth's moon|Moon]]) |species=[[Human]] |religions=[[Christianity]], [[Islam]], [[Buddhism]] and more |affiliation=Divided ([[British Empire]], [[United States]], [[Russia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Brazil]] and more) }} '''Earth''' or '''Terra''' is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although most of the galactic community doesn't realize it, it was the first world [[Titans]] visited and colonized in [[the Galaxy]]. Before the Titans disappeared, it housed a large number of [[Titan facilities]], including famous ones in [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]] and [[Mu]] (also known as [[R'lyeh]]). After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], a number of native and [[Titanic races|Titan-implanted races]] fought for domination, culminating in a cataclysm that destroyed most of them and paved the way for [[human]] dominance of Earth. Up to [[1875|present day]] Earth has very little knowledge of outer space, aether-sailing or other cultures out there, but the sporadic alien visits are making it slowly realize they are not alone in the universe. Earth has no formal diplomatic relationship with any [[Gnadra Accords]] signatories, making contact and trade with it extremely rare. == History == === Titan Era === Around 100,000 years ago, Earth was a primitive world inhabited by a few sentient races, most of which are nearly or completely extinct by 1875 AD. What those races were is unknown, but we know among them were [[trolls]], [[naga]] and a race of large simians called “[[girallons]]” by modern day humans. Even the naga of that age were mostly resembling other worlds’ [[naga aberration |aberration class naga]], being far more serpent-like than any half-human-looking modern day naga. In that ancient era, the [[Titans]] arrived to the [[Milky Way]] from [[NGC 1532|another galaxy]] and for unknown reasons, decided to take Earth as their capital for this galaxy. They built a series of large complexes which may have been facilities or towns, or both. The names Titans had for those complexes cannot be deciphered to this day but are currently known after the names of later places nearby. They are [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis]], [[Thule]], [[Gizeh (Titan)|Gizeh]], [[Tunguska]], [[Jeju (Titan)|Jeju]], [[Shangri-La (Titan)|Shangri-La]], [[Lemuria]], [[Mu]], [[Aztlan]], [[Palenque]] and [[El Dorado]], as well as [[Antarctic Titan facility|another complex]] in [[the Antarctic]], of which 1875 humans know only from maps uncovered in Titan artifacts. For thousands of years, Titans were assisted in their endeavors by uncountable numbers of stone and metal golems of various forms. From Earth, Titans spread across the Galaxy and explored many planets that would at a later point bear intelligent life. Living in a utopian, post-singularity society, Titans avoided leaving a large blueprint on Earth, as settling it was never their primary goal. Unfortunately, around 77,000 years ago, their tireless pursuit of science led to them opening a portal to another dimension, home of the [[Elder Things]], gods of chaos and madness from beyond our universe. One of these creatures, known as [[Cthulhu]], emerged on Earth and cursed the Titan stone golems into flesh creatures to more easily corrupt their minds and turn them against the Titans. [[Titan Apocalypse|The cataclysm]] spread all across the Galaxy, wiping out most of the Titans. Some of the remaining survivors devised a plan that ultimately sealed off the alien beings back in their dimension. Even though the portals couldn't be destroyed completely, they were sealed with powerful technology and enchantments, with the one holding Cthulhu being located in the [[Mu]] facility, now known as R’lyeh. What happened to the remaining Titans after that is unknown, as they vanish from record at the same time as the Elder Things. === Age of Atlantis === Earth was left behind for the now fleshy descendants of the Titans' former golem servitors, among them humans, [[dwarves]], [[sphinx]]es and [[oni]]. In the following millennia, a scramble for the remains of Titan technology began, with many races recovering various tiny pieces of their knowledge. Based on those scraps of technology and magic, many new civilizations arose, eventually culminating in a period known as Age of Atlantis. Over 15,000 years ago, humans lived on only a relatively small piece of Earth, most of the planet occupied by other races, some of Titanic and some of native origin. As the former golems were still remembered as invaders and usurpers to the native races, mutual hatred arose. Even the Titanic races couldn’t work together, leading to an early period of war and chaos. During this era, the [[demon]] king [[Mara]] took one of his first mortal incarnations as the oni warlord [[Raijin]]. His most famous contemporaries were the human [[Atlas]], the founder of [[Atlantis]] and the sphinx [[Hapi]] whose image would later be worshiped as a god by the [[Egyptians]]. Eventually, a small number of powerful civilizations arose, among them the human [[Atlantis]], competing with the [[elves|elven]], sphinx and oni nations across the globe. Atlantis became a despotic, corrupt state that shunned everything non-human and sought to wipe out every non-human from Earth. Around 12,000 years ago, they uncovered a [[Atlantis superweapon|Titan superweapon]] in the ruins of the original Atlantis and attempted to use it. Whether due to their incompetence or elven sabotage, or even intended use, the weapon severely backfired and caused a [[Fall of Atlantis|global catastrophe]] that reshaped Earth. Most of the non-humans were wiped out as intended, although Atlantis itself was shattered and thrown to the bottom of the ocean. === The Hyperborean Age === Majority of the human race evacuated Atlantis in time and invaded [[Europe]] and [[Africa]], taking over the remains of elven and sphinx civilizations, eventually taking on some cultural traits of theirs. Soon afterwards, they spread into [[Asia]] where they adapted the oni and naga ruins for their own use. For the longest time, the most populous non-human races on Earth remained elves, who kept to the forests and away from human persecution, dwarves and [[trolls]] who retreated underground, and naga who remained within their ancient temples, scheming. Over the following seven thousand years, humans forgot their original ideology and non-human races became a subject of myth and superstition. Elves became “forest spirits”, dwarves and trolls became strange underground creatures and naga started breeding with humans to produce [[naga|hybrids]] that could infiltrate human civilization and take back their native homeworld. The last major threat to humanity was the [[giants]]. Once centered around the [[Mu]] facility, they spread from the now shattered continent, and flourished almost as much as humans, however remained primitive. Over 6000 years ago, the giants all over the world mobilized and the ensuing conflicts were remembered as the [[Gigantomachy]]. In the end, giants were nearly wiped out and would become extinct within the next thousand years. === Birth of Modern Human Civilization === Humans remained nomadic over the so-called Hyperborean Age. At its outset, ca 5000 years ago, they began settling in some of the areas formerly occupied by the non-human civilizations and taking the remnants of their culture for their own, giving rise to, among others, Ancient Egypt and China. Some mixed the knowledge they learned from the ruins with their original slant, creating other civilizations such as Sumer. In this era, the non-human races were still present at non-trivial quantities and were quickly demonized, leading to a total annihilation of Earth's remaining [[lamassu]]. In Egypt, to the contrary, [[sphinx]]es were nearly worshiped for the "wisdom of the ages", although they were still relegated to living in oases and secluded settlements where they couldn't mix with humans. Throughout the Bronze Age, humanity was slowly rediscovering magic. Although most "elder races" were reluctant to teach humans magic, some knowledge unavoidably bled through. At this early stage, the poorly understood magical disciplines were melded together and used inefficiently, leading to Greek heroes mixing divine magic with their fighting prowess or to Egyptian priest-mages. This is also when most of currently remembered Earth [[god]]s arose and subsequently influenced the evolution of humanity. The Iron Age was brought by a selection of nomadic tribes in the Western Mediterranean discovering elven iron smelting techniques. These tribes banded together and, often dubbed the Sea Peoples, raided the Eastern Mediterranean, collapsing the civilizations established there, but also bringing iron technology there. After the centuries of chaos caused by their raids passed, human civilization emerged stronger and more organized, beginning the continuous link of civilization lasting until today. Besides China and India which continued their development, Iron Age Earth's most prominent civilizations were Greece and Rome (and to a lesser extent, Egypt). Greece became known as an abode of philosophy, but soon also of war, as a ruler from nearby Macedon conquered a much bigger Persian Empire, and promptly died to dark magic. Soon afterwards, Rome turned from a city-state to a country-sized state, to an empire which conquered a continent-sized area, almost all of the world known to them at the time. The most striking development of Iron Age was the slow decline of humanity's belief in gods. Greek gods, which were the most prominent pantheon at the time, became known for their mistreatment of humans and the faith waned. A previously obscure local deity then arose to quick fame through a single prophet's sacrifice and the subsequent religion, [[Christianity]], shaped much of Earth's following history. The Iron Age is often said to end with the fall of Roman Empire at the hands of invading barbarian hordes from the north. Despite this, continuity of civilization was not broken, but the reshaped Europe lived in the shadow of fear of the failures of their past and turned to religion, ushering an age of religious fervor and superstition. === The Middle Ages === //Middle Ages with magic in it, including prominent mage houses and persecution of magic// === Age of Reason === //The Age of "Reason" when Abrahamic religions nearly wiped out magic. 1500-1800// === Modern Era === //19th century on this Earth, including new advances in technology and rediscovery of some forgotten magic// == Geography == According to common galactic terminology, there are six continents and three oceans on Earth. The continents are [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[South America]], [[Australia]] and [[Antarctica]], although Earth natives count [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] as separate continents for cultural reasons. The oceans are according to both terms the [[Atlantic]], the [[Pacific]] and the [[Indian Ocean]]. Humans are dominant on all continents except the uninhabited Antarctica. === [[Eurasia]] === Eurasia is the largest and politically most important continent on Earth. The western subcontinent of [[Europe]] gave rise to most of Earth's current major political powers, including the [[British Empire]], [[United States of America]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Russia]], among others. Asia claims some of the oldest cultures on post-[[Atlantis]] Earth, including still-extant [[China]]. === [[Africa]] === Africa is one of the most technologically primitive continents on 19th century Earth, consisting mostly of small, tribal states or unclaimed territories but the major powers from [[Europe]] are slowly advancing into Africa. === [[North America]] === North America is one of the two post-colonial continents on Earth, being mostly occupied by descendants of colonists from [[Europe]] who proclaim their independence from the mother states. The most important state here is [[United States of America]], a rising power and a former colony of the [[British Empire]]. === [[South America]] === South America is another post-colonial continent, mostly divided between various former colonies of [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]], two former major powers of Earth, now greatly reduced in power. After some of the recent revelations, [[Brazil]], a state from South America, has taken an especially keen interest in [[the Aether]] and outer space. === [[Australia]] === Together with Oceania, Australia contains a large number of islands which are being slowly colonized by the major powers from [[Europe]]. Australia itself, the smallest continent on Earth, is currently ruled entirely by the [[British Empire]]. Many of the especially remote islands still contain active traces of ancient magic and technology, or become refuges for outlaws and criminals. === [[Antarctica]] === Currently uninhabited and the least explored continent on Earth, Antarctica is unpleasantly cold and home to very few varieties of life. === [[Hollow Earth]] === Earth's [[underworld]] is known as [[Hollow Earth]]. Although most of the ancient passages are now buried or otherwise severed, a few passages, including one in Iceland, are rumored to still exist. Commonly believed to be the realm of the dead, Hollow Earth is in fact mainly populated by [[dwarves]], [[troll]]s, [[troglodyte]]s and a sub-race of darkness-adjusted humans called [[Cimmerians]] who harbor deep hatred of surface humans for an ancient grudge, but lack organization to act on their hatreds. In deeper layers, a jungle lit by a point of elemental fire harbors more troglodytes, [[girallon]]s as well as a primitive sect of humanoid [[naga]]s. {{stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Major worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] e47394efd46e108d026d195889c471eae5b7b96c 0 71 201 2016-02-15T15:09:38Z Verroak 24955056 Redirected page to [[Eden forge]] wikitext text/x-wiki #REDIRECT[[Eden forge]] 2d16172db5f78d98fff6faff67fceff180167928 0 60 202 136 2016-02-15T15:11:14Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Ivarind |image=Ivarind.jpg |type=Temperate |population=420 million |day length=19 hours |year length=420 days |surface temp= 11° C |gravity=Standard |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Human]], [[Van]], [[Goliath]], [[Dragon]] |affiliation=Divided ([[Kingdom of Zaeren]], dragon broods, small tribes) }} '''Ivarind''' is a freshly contacted world in the [[Terminus Sector]]. Dominated politically by humans, it's also heavily influenced by the local [[dragon]]s. Although the ancient dragon broods still hold the original [[Titan]] facilities on Ivarind and use them to control many aspects of life on the planet, politically it's become completely dominated by humans and a dragon-blooded human variant. == Culture == In the few short years since its exposure to the galactic society, Ivarind became known for its backwardness. For eight thousand years, there has been little technological or magical development and the society stagnated despite (or perhaps because of) the tumultuous political landscape. Only males are seen as fit to rule and work in most jobs, with women being allowed to inherit only in the most dire circumstances. "Sodomy" (an umbrella term for all kinds of sexual "deviancy") is punishable by death. Some humans are seen as innately better because they're nobility. Only one religion, the [[Saints of Lausain]], is tolerated with others being often shut off to closed sections of towns and frequently slaughtered without repercussion. There is no police force, with the town guard merely taking care to protect their lord's interests. Magic is poorly understood, with the most powerful magic users being persecuted [[witch]]es or low-level state-sanctioned [[wizard]]s. In addition to all that, health and medicine are really poorly understood, and the world is quickly gaining reputation for quacks who put frogs on sick people to treat their bad humors, and appalling hygiene standards, known for rivers of refuse flowing openly down city streets. And no one is doing anything about it. Although the dragon broods of Ivarind claim to oversee it and maintain the well-being of Ivarind's inhabitants, they seem to be doing either an extremely poor job at it, or are merely using those claims for their own abuse of the population. Green and red dragons, guardians of nature and change respectively, are often openly hostile to humanoids of Ivarind, settling for nothing but total obedience. Silver dragons claim to distance themselves from "mortal" conflicts, but in effect meddled in history and by proxy had a hand in centuries of abuse. Golden dragons, allegedly guardians of justice, raise their hands too rarely and when they do, they often cause more harm than help, case in point being [[the Golden Rebellion]] they called. Violet dragons actively hamper the humanoids' advancement, hoarding any knowledge they would find useful. Only the black dragons, whose domain of earth gives them no responsibility for the world, seem to be trying to alleviate the poor conditions and helping alien charity workers, but are often poorly understood by locals and thus feared and avoided. Ivarind's opening to [[the Galaxy]] resulted in thousands fleeing the world and seeking employment in more advanced worlds, taking jobs most in the Galaxy would fear, such as settling on the worlds of [[crime lord]]s such as [[Verroak Krasha]]. A few charity organizations from the [[Gnadra Confederacy]] attempted to establish some help centers to elevate Ivarind to higher standards but local lords either refused due to irrational fears of aliens conquering their world from the inside, or subverted the charity funds for their own gain. Currently, no one has realistic plans to "fix" Ivarind and bring it to higher standards of living, though the ongoing civil war and rapid emigration may soon leave it a hollow shell of a world. == History == Over 80,000 years ago, the [[Titan]]s visited Ivarind and placed a small number of facilities on its surface. The draconic lifeforms flourished near most of those facilities and some Titans gladly experimented with them. As [[dragon]]s are naturally creatures on the threshold of sentience, Titanic guidance improved their development. Still during the Titan Era, the dragon broods established cultures and hierarchies influenced by some elements of Titan culture they saw, filtered through environmental scientists who communed with them. When the [[Titan Apocalypse]] came, dragons briefly fought on the Titans' side, but had little influence on the fight. After all the Titans and [[Elder Things]] on Ivarind were gone, the brood queens took over remnants of the Titanic facilities and appointed themselves guardians of various aspects of society on Ivarind. About 8,000 years ago, [[human]]s, descendants of the most populous [[Titan]] constructs on Ivarind, expanded across the planet and came in contact with the stagnant, but powerful dragon broods. In time, a large number of human kingdoms spawned, some revering and some fearing the dragons. A small number of kingdoms attempted to slay or tame the dragons, with little success. For the following thousands of years, civilization on Ivarind did not advance technologically or magically, knowing only very rudimentary magic and Middle Ages-level of technology. In that regard, Ivarind became stagnant, but politically it was tumultous, with kingdoms and dynasties constantly changing. Over 2,000 years ago, a number of silver dragons took interest in humans from the Silver Peaks region. After cross-breeding with the humans in a human-like form, a race called [[van]]s was born. Resembling beautiful, silver-haired humans with innate magical ability, vans of Silver Peaks quickly expanded their empire across southern [[Zaeren]] and [[Acatok]]. For over 700 years, the [[Silver Empire]] was the most powerful state on Ivarind, until a magical cataclysm destroyed the Silver Peaks and shattered them into the Smoking Islands that now join the two continents. The cataclysm's source is often speculated to be misuse of a Titan superweapon in a fashion similar to the fall of [[Atlantis]] on [[Earth]]. The now dispossessed vans spread across the world and began using their power to manipulate the fate of kingdoms. Some chose to be bandits or wizards who influenced history only by proxy, while some became warlords whose tenuous and fragile states shook up the landscape. Finally, [[1560|315 years ago]], a van warlord named [[Raknost the Conqueror]] allied himself with actual silver dragons and using their magical power, conquered large swathes of land in [[Zaeren]], creating the modern [[Kingdom of Zaeren]]. He abolished all the minor crowns under him, and divided the land into a limited selection of viceroys, who had under them a number of dukes descended from former kings and princes, establishing a feudal system. Not long afterwards, [[1589|286 years ago]], a celestial event further shattered the previous balance of Ivarind. A meteor materialized from nowhere above Ivarind and just before hitting the ground, it exploded in the air, flattening a mostly unpopulated forest in north-eastern Zaeren. The place of the impact event, now called [[the Fallen Star]], became populated with creatures that emerged from the meteor, namely various aberrations led by a group of [[Aethersages]]. Although most of the locals attempted to slay these creatures, some of them had their minds warped and began worshiping the [[Elder Things]], calling them 'Star Gods'. The cults persist to this day and occasionally cause trouble for various lords who lack the power to eliminate the cult, or the creatures behind it, entirely. [[1843|Thirty two years ago]], a group of [[aperusa]] emerged from a portal near the southern borders of the [[Kingdom of Zaeren]] and nonchalantly strolled into the kingdom. The local lords proved hostile to the new arrivals and attempted to fight the aliens or coerce them to stay out of their domains. A bigger problem was caused by a number of evil spirits who followed the aperusa through and soon caused a backlash of hostility against the aperusa for bringing "demons" to Ivarind. However, a group of violet dragons led by [[Boliviadori]] banished the evil spirits and protected the land from further incursions, forcing the lords and aperusa to a truce. Since then, aperusa slowly spread across Zaeren and shared with the violet dragons their knowledge of [[the Galaxy]], opening the world to outer space, although due to its low-magic nature, no [[aether-sailing]] vessels have yet been produced. Earlier [[1875|this year]], the ruling king of Zaeren, [[Reman III the Mad]], brutally executed a bishop by personally chopping him into pieces, despite earlier warnings by golden dragons to cease his tyranny. With golden dragon brood's help, a rebel faction arose to oppose King Reman in an attempt to install a new, non-van king. The rebellion, now called [[the Golden Rebellion]], is still underway, with mixed results. == Geography == Ivarind is much like [[Earth]] mostly covered in large oceans, with a few continents, one large and three smaller ones. === [[Zaeren]] === Zaeren is the largest continent on Ivarind, being twice as large as the second, Magog, and more than four times the size of others. Over half of Zaeren's area is occupied by [[Kingdom of Zaeren]]. On any other world, the kingdom would be a superpower but on Ivarind the feudal division makes the central power of kings highly threatened. The northernmost tip of Zaeren reaches the North Pole and is covered by a glacier. Not much further south, nomadic tribes of [[goliath]]s known as gymnars live in fear of the never-ending winter in this far north. The traditional gymnar lands are divided by a wall kings of Zaeren built to keep the barbarians out, which it frequently fails to do. South of that wall ruled a gymnar viceroy who swore fealty to the king (until the recent rebellion), ruling a sedentary gymnar branch. South of the gymnar lands begins the main continuity of Zaeren's human/van kingdom, with mostly temperate climate. The kingdom's southern border lies on the edges of dry, subtropical climate beyond which few men from Zaeren ventured. Southern Zaeren is politically divided. A few select human nations hold on to a tenuous peace with nomadic [[dragonid]] desert clans. Even further south, Zaeren ends in tropical jungles largely infested by [[the Overgrowth]] which somehow managed to make its way to this otherwise isolated world, on the other end of the Galaxy from its homeworld. Even the dragonids of Near South do not go into the jungles, although they are slowly encroaching on their deserts. Some foolishly believe the flourishing of life is a blessing, without realizing what forces soon follow the blooming life. === [[Acatok]] === Acatok is a small, mostly barren continent connected to southern Zaeren by a small chain of islands which used to be a land bridge known as the [[Silver Peaks]], destroyed in a magical cataclysm. The tough, dark-skinned human tribes of Acatok are disorganized and even more primitive than the rest of Ivarind, spending all their effort on surviving in the inhospitable climate and presence of the dangerous red dragons. Strangely, it seems the Overgrowth has not attempted to invade Acatok for reasons yet to be revealed. === [[Magog]] === Magog is distant, isolated continent to the west of Zaeren which remained unpopulated until approximately 3,000 years ago when groups of humans and gymnar made their way to the continent. Most of the population lives as nomads on the open plains of Magog, with few groups founding small settlements that usually do not last long. [[1725|150 years ago]], local gymnars forced their way into a Titan ruin on the continent and released a group of [[troglodytes]] which managed to somehow survive underground since the Titan Era. Although they are not very populous, they remain highly hostile to all other races. === [[Izot]] === Izot is the most isolated continent of Ivarind, talked about only in myth and legend. It's located on the equator and is dominated by [[the Overgrowth]] and its thick jungles. The only threat to the Overgrowth there are the savage green dragons. Izot is also famous in tales for a species of highly intelligent, human-sized lemur which may be a sentient race, although it needs further study. [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Dragon worlds]] [[Category:Terminus Sector]] 97a20f757d9796856b5545b3d8f4801a10ad975a 0 72 203 2016-02-15T17:07:14Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "'''Eden forges''', often mistakenly called '''Titan superweapons''', are ancient [[Titan]] devices of immense power, ruins of which are scattered across [[the Galaxy]]. Rarely..." wikitext text/x-wiki '''Eden forges''', often mistakenly called '''Titan superweapons''', are ancient [[Titan]] devices of immense power, ruins of which are scattered across [[the Galaxy]]. Rarely in a functional state, their hollow shells often become places of worship or study for less advanced races. Originally meant to create life on lifeless worlds or to implant new life forms to stabilize crumbling ecosystems, they also possess great destructive potential and have therefore been used on rare occasions as weapons of mass destruction. == Functionality == Although no blueprints or deciphered descriptions of intended functionality survive, much can be inferred from the remaining intact pieces of machinery. Eden forges, once instructed with patterns for specific life forms, were capable of assembling them from raw organic matter or a specific (now lost) material produced by the [[Titan]]s. They then dispersed these life forms in massive numbers across a planet and differentiated their genetic code to maintain diversity. It is also believed they possessed the capacity to scan existing life forms and modify them according to Titan designs on large scale. Smaller [[eden furnaces]] have been discovered, with an overall greater ratio of functionality, and occasionally used to create singular life forms designed by specific modern day individuals. However, due to the implications of creating life at a whim with no supervision, eden furnaces are outlawed. The advanced functions, such as assembling and disseminating life forms, are very rarely intact. The parts usually left in a semi-functional state are usually power generation (impossible to replicate with current knowledge) and power distribution, with "species targeting" subsystems occasionally still working. As a result, the eden forge loses all of its intended original functionality and becomes a weapon of mass destruction, capable of unleashing enormous amounts of energy in various forms, depending on the state of its machinery. On various occasions, they have been used to wipe out specific species, wipe out all intelligent life on a planet, randomly alter a planet through seismic disturbance caused by the unleashed energy, or even to destroy entire planets. == Known examples == === Atlantis superweapon === The [[Atlantis (Titan)|Atlantis facility]] on [[Earth]] was equipped with an eden forge which is speculated to have once been used to create [[human]]ity and other species inhabiting the antediluvian Earth. Discovered by humans in the Titan ruins over 15,000 years ago, it was originally called "house of the gods" and was converted into a temple after a small amount of repairs to the damaged external structure. The high priests of [[Atlantis]] in time began pulling random levers and pushing random buttons during their worship rituals, usually not imputing any coherent instructions into the remains of the forge. However, after the [[Bolla Incident]], when a high priest accidentally launched the device and wiped out most of Earth's [[halfling]]s, in addition to causing a massive earthquake in Atlantis itself, the temple was closed and its usage forbidden. Several centuries later, after radical elements took over the governance of Atlantis, the forge's destructive capabilities were considered an asset. Despite the fear of its power and side effects of its use, the kings of Atlantis finally authorized discovering the correct combination to wipe out all non-human intelligent life forms on Earth. After about a century, the superweapon was prepared for launch. Before it could be successfully used, elven sabotage damaged the feedback containment, causing upon launch a massive cataclysm which reshaped the entire planet and wiped out most non-humans. Atlantis itself was also destroyed, breaking apart and sinking, but human race survived and escaped the crumbling ruins, spreading across the emptied planet. The weapon itself collapsed and was eventually splintered into small pieces, some of which lie off the coast of [[Spain]], some deep under the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and some were carried away near the Bermudas. These pieces occasionally radiate energy which can occasionally cause death of sailors above them and pull apart their ships. === Silver Peaks === One instance of an eden forge is speculated to have been the source of power (and ultimate doom) of the [[van]]s of [[Ivarind]]. Although no mass extinctions are tied to the cataclysm that destroyed the [[Silver Peaks]], the destruction otherwise fits perfectly with the usual pattern of malfunctioning eden forges. Who attempted to launch the weapon and for what purpose remains a mystery and vans themselves speak only of "gods punishing them for their hubris". === [[Nex]] === An eden forge was once found by the [[Xa'tac]] on [[Nex]], a world they conquered late in their campaigns. Once home to a religious dwarven community that worshiped the enormous citadel, the Xa'tac wiped them out through their usual means and attempted to harness the superweapon to hasten their conquests. The final moments of these experiments are not known, but eventually, the weapon suffered a catastrophic failure, destroying the entire planet and sending its [[Moon of Nex|moon]] spiraling out into the outer edges of its solar system. The device was later found largely intact on the moon, and quarantined by a [[Djedsut]]i force after destroying a surviving [[Deathlord]] who attempted to use it again. === [[Saroth]] === The [[sphinx]]es of [[Saroth]] are known to be maintaining an eden forge they claim is still fully functional. A few powerful villains from Saroth attempted to gain access to it in order to either wipe out all life on Saroth or to remake it in their own image, but all have so far failed. Due to the bans on contacting Saroth, its device was never carefully examined, therefore the claim of its functionality remain unproven. [[Category:Technology]] [[Category:Titan technology]] [[Category:Superweapons]] b68ff1b123ce55f4df5b091e83fe075b3ab0cdfd 0 62 204 148 2016-02-15T17:55:09Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Luna / The Moon |image=Moon.jpg |type=Arcane Temperate |population=32 million |day length=29,5 Earth days |year length=365 days |surface temp= 8° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Silver elves]], [[Werewolves]], [[Moonkin]], [[Lunar giant]]s, [[Doppelganger]]s, [[Cetalia]] |capital=Empyrean Lunaris |affiliation=[[Moon Kingdom]] }} '''Luna''', often called just '''the Moon''', is [[Earth]]'s only moon. Technically an [[aether-sailing]] world due to possessing magic allowing it to cross between Earth and Luna, it doesn't use this magic for further travel and is in practice a groundling world. Unlike most celestial objects, its attendant [[god]] is [[Moon Goddess|active and powerful]], having taken on many personalities and names throughout history. Luna's surface is also covered in a powerful magical mineral, known only as [[moon rock]], saturated with magical power. == Inhabitants == The dominant race of Luna are the [[silver elves]], a race created by the [[Moon Goddess]] from various elven refugees from [[Earth]]. They possess silver skin, platinum-white hair and eyes glowing with arcane power. Naturally saturated with power of the [[moon rock]] surrounding them, all silver elves know magic to lesser or greater degree. Ruled by philosopher kings with nearly unlimited political power, the people lead fairly comfortable lives that are quite splendid compared to Earth below. Nevertheless, political dissent is not tolerated, though the [[King of the Moon]] always claims he's the best possible king, as upon death of the previous king, his successor is chosen from among his family for his wisdom and magical power. In practice, the election is often rigged in favor of previous king's favorite son. When silver elves leave the Moon, they lose most of their power (but still remain powerful mages for Earth standards) and maintain a small portion of it in moonlight. Upon returning to the Moon, they return to their full former power. Wilderness of Luna is stalked by [[werewolves]] and a few other, less numerous breeds of [[therianthropes]]. Living on the surface of the object which radiates the source of their power, lunar therianthropes never transform back into their original forms. In fact, most of the local werewolves have lived and bred here for so long they have never even been in their human or elven form. All therianthropes are stronger and more aggressive while on the Moon and bringing a native to Earth or further out would undoubtedly confuse them, forcing them to face their human side. [[Lunar giant]]s are unrelated to other giants, which are Titanic creatures. Created by the [[Moon Goddess]] to fight [[Titans]], they are towering creatures of glowing stone, larger even than most Titanic giants. Elemental in nature, lunar giants possess innate magical powers but lack the creativity to train as mages. As a result, they all know a stock number of spells that enhance their physical might. Not aggressive by nature, and sometimes used by the Kings of the Moon for counsel, these gargantuan creatures nevertheless are easily provoked by those unfamiliar with their strange, unique taboos, like stepping on their shadow or making effigies of them. [[Doppelganger]]s are strange creatures that arose on the Moon spontaneously after the creation of the silver elves. Emerging from pools of quicksilver, these creatures can take any shape they wish and most often, use it to murder people and take their place, badly imitating the real person. Shunned and feared because of this animalistic urge, the few doppelgangers capable of higher reasoning try to throw off the bad reputation of their kin and attempt to live in peace, sometimes escaping for this purpose to Earth. [[Cetalia]] are massive, powerful whale-like creatures who live in the lunar seas. Although intelligent, long-lived and commonly said to be extremely wise, they do not possess a material culture. Cetalia live in families who swim together through the seas and occasionally bless Moon natives when asked, even though they do not see a reason why people keep pestering them about it. Silver elves usually revere the cetalia, but infrequently they're hunted down for body parts and oil which contains power in concentration even higher than moon rocks. Other than these sapient creatures, many other exotic animals live on Luna, including giant, colorful [[lunar moth]]s, [[geode]]s, [[landshark]]s, [[owlbear]]s and so-called "[[witch-cat]]s". == History == When the [[Titans]] came to the [[Sol System]], Luna's god was already an active spirit worshiped under now-forgotten names by the native races of [[Earth]], but its surface was largely barren and uninhabited. The Titans however detected the unusual power emanating from Luna and sent their researchers to study it. The [[Moon Goddess]] reacted with aggression, seeing these strange, alien beings treading upon her surface as a violation. Elementals made of moon rock arose spontaneously from the ground and began fighting Titan construct workers. To give themselves an edge, the Titans made their golems from the same moon rock, but the lunar forces remained at an advantage. One of the Titans came up with a plan to weaken Luna's goddess. Using powerful magic, they tore the spirit in two, severing the goddess's aggression, envy and other darker impulses from the main personality, and proceeded to imprison the [[Dark Side of the Moon|ensuing entity]] on the far side of Luna. Despite this disability, the goddess still managed to fight Titan forces to a standstill, forcing them ultimately to retreat and leave the silver globe alone. Because of the Titan retreat, Luna was largely spared the horrors of the [[Titan Apocalypse]]. The few inactive Titan golems remain on the surface, unchanged, in large complexes current inhabitants avoid. Mixing her influence on Earth with fey power, the moon goddess eventually created a race of [[silver elves|silver-skinned elves]], born with innate magical abilities thanks to growing up surrounded by [[moon rock]]. Molding her own world on images seeded by the Titans and the growing [[faerie plane]], the Moon itself has also gained a vibrant, although somewhat monochromatic biosphere. For most of the following thousands of years, the silver elves lived in a disorganized society, led by the [[moonkin]], or semi-bestial high priests of the Moon Goddess, who maintained only minimal order and obedience towards their goddess. However, approximately 7000 years ago, a number of princes arose. Those princes refused to follow the previous rules of non-aggression towards other silver elves and eventually, a series of bloody wars threatened the numbers of the slow-breeding silver elves. The Moon Goddess stepped in once again and ordered a match between all the remaining princes to determine the most powerful of them. The winner of that match, [[Ehlekitta I]], was said to win through trickery and magic. As a reward for his victory, he was appointed the first [[King of the Moon]]. In time, the kings came to isolate themselves and their families from the everyday lives of their people nearly as much as the moonkin or the Goddess herself. Behind a closed-off court, the royal family only saw the faces of their servants and advisors. The kings began the tradition of facing their people only through a magical avatar resembling a giant, floating head. This isolation led to a prophecy that one day, a princess would see the woes of her people and escape the Moon in grief, only to bring the kingdom to ruin. The prophecy eventually came true with the daughter of [[Pahiaton II]], the princess now best remembered as [[Kaguya]]. Kaguya ran to [[Earth]], where she slowly adapted to local life by transforming into a [[human]], which also cost her most of her power. Being seen as an unearthly beauty, she attracted many suitors she sent away on impossible tasks. Eventually, the Emperor of [[Japan]] took interest in her. Still not wanting to marry an Earth ruler, she cried out to the Moon for help. Alerted in this way, her father arrived on Earth with magical silver chariots and offered to take her home. Kaguya did not want to leave behind the Earth life she came to love, so her father gave her a magical cloak which took away her memories. The princess came back with her father to Luna, but the Emperor did not give up on her. He burned a message on the highest mountain of Japan, attempting to reach Kaguya. Instead, Pahiaton got the message and while he attempted to destroy it, Kaguya intercepted it and curious about its sender, she came back to Earth. Not remembering the Emperor or her life on Earth, she was determined to get her memory back. Using one of her father's silver chariots, she and the Emperor traveled across the planet in search of a mythical magic well which would bring her memory back. When they found it, Pahiaton descended to Earth with his whole entourage and forbade her from drinking on the pain of death. When she defied him anyway, Pahiaton ordered his army to fire, only for the Emperor to block the arrows with his body and dying for Kaguya. Finally falling in love with him for the act of selfless sacrifice, Kaguya wept for him, bringing the attention of the Moon Goddess. It's said the Moon itself wept over the tragedy and tears of the moon brought the Emperor back to life. While Kaguya and the Emperor allegedly lived happily ever after, Pahiaton returned to the Moon with a newfound hatred for Earth and humans. In the centuries since, his descendants strengthened the regime and prepared the natives for an invasion that would never come, nevertheless presenting humans as bogeymen to the silver elves, who still fear and hate inhabitants of Earth. {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Elven worlds]] [[Category:Inhabited satellites]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] c05a7dde2b91b8c8c22ace1de685ed475494a79f 0 32 205 124 2016-02-15T17:56:44Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Mars |image=Mars.jpg |type=Cold desert |population=178 million |day length=24,5 hours |year length=687 days |surface temp= 5° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide |species=[[Thorak]], [[Hothak]], [[Khorak]], [[Human]], [[Scorpid]] |affiliation=Divided ([[Great Commune of Mars]] and various tribes) }} '''Mars''' is a [[groundling world|groundling]] [[desert world]] in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Although now cold and slowly dying, Mars is known to have once been a vibrant, terrestrial world and home to an advanced civilization speculated to have had space travel capabilities. Even now, a number of races survive on and below its surface. == History == Much like neighboring [[Earth]], Mars was visited by the [[Titans]]. While they left much less creatures and technology, their influence was nevertheless very striking. [[Titan Apocalypse]] has also been less devastating, leaving it in favorable position compared to Earth. Tens of thousands years later, Martian races began developing advanced technology and magic partially based on titanic. Over 15,000 years ago, Mars developed the basics of aether-sailing technology. At the same time, rising civilizations on Earth report seeing mysterious, erratically moving lights. Contemporary Earth civilizations believed life existed only on Earth and took these lights to be natural phenomena or divine messengers. It is more likely these were experimental Martian craft. Despite these technological advances, Mars was politically separated. The exact causes of conflict are unknown, but over 14,800 years ago, the great powers on the planet engaged in a cataclysmic war. The use of weapons of mass destruction, such as [[black smoke]] ravaged the planet and left it a cold, choking desert. A few populations managed to survive through various forms of protection. The reptilian [[Green Martians]] along with their [[Grey Martians|Grey]] allies survived in isolated, underground bunkers. Human [[Red Martians]] protected themselves with magic, although their more technologically inclined states had perished. A number of unprotected Green Martians left on the surface became irradiated and mutated into the creatures known as [[khorak]]s. The hostile scorpid swarms survived by burrowing deep under the surface. Red Martians remained disorganized, but the underground survivors formed the [[Martian Commune]], a totalitarian, collectivist regime. The Commune failed to develop in any way, using their meager resources to barely survive. Now, in 1875 AD, they look at Earth with jealousy and plan to unleash their ancient superweapons in a desperate bid to gain resources to restore their planet. {{stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] 253b3a80f478d9e913a9061d57cfd1acbe2869a6 0 44 206 152 2016-02-15T17:58:03Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Nephil |image=Nephil.jpg |type=Demon/Temperate |population=300 million? |day length=63 hours |year length=308 days |surface temp= 20° C |gravity=Standard |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, Sulphur Oxide |moons=3 ([[Blas]], two others) |species=[[Orc]], [[Nephilim]], [[Korraw]] |capital=Hellfort |government=Theocracy |rulers=[[Grand Warlock Mar'Jhaet]] |religion=[[Demon worship]] |affiliation=Divided ([[Grey Horde (Nephil)|Grey Horde]], Nephilim sanctuaries) }} '''Nephil''' is a world in the [[Unknown Regions]] in the process of transforming into a [[demon world]]. Once home to many forms of life, a few decades ago local [[orc]]s started abusing demonic magic and summoning demonic hosts into the material plane. While the world is not fully corrupted yet, it is well underway and only few sanctuaries raised by native [[nephilim]] still maintain the variety of life while the outside world is slowly turning into arid wastelands. == Inhabitants == Nephil was home to many humanoid races, including the [[nephilim]], who come from a mixed angelic/demonic origin, the flightless avian [[korraw]], [[brown orc|green]] and [[grey orc]]s, saber-toothed [[catfolk]], [[ratling]]s, decentralized [[scorpid]] hives, as well as [[ogre]]s. A few thousand years ago, it was also infested with [[the Overgrowth]] by a passing ship but avoided transformation due to a faction of native [[stone giant]]s who fought the plant creatures to a standstill. == History == [[Titans]] visited Nephil but didn't stay here long. Local ogres and orcs are descended from their golems. Because of few active Titans, the [[Elder Things]] left Nephil mostly intact. In the ancient times, the [[korraw]] ruled most of Nephil, calling it Korr, or simply 'the land'. They developed advanced magical technology and may have ventured briefly into space in Nephil's solar system. During this era, orcs were magic-less paleolithic primitives, but ogres began developing basic societal structures. In the end, hordes of ogres arrived from the southern continent and wiped out the original korraw civilization, leading the race into long centuries of religious barbarism. [[Ogre]]s created a sprawling empire across Nephil and treated most other races as slaves. Ruins of their forts, mostly built over ancient [[korraw]] cities dot the land to this day. Ogre domination was maintained for over a thousand years, until the empire split into small parts and local ogres devolved into barbarity. Around this era, a fallen [[angel]] and a rogue [[demon]] arrived on Nephil and began breeding a new race that would come to name the world after themselves, the [[nephilim]]. The half-angel, half-demon humanoids were fluent in magic but were careful not to attract the demonic attention, lest they would be wiped out in revenge. Ruled by a triumvirate of three powerful mages, the nephilim dominated Nephil through building a series of great domed cities. Those cities were isolated from the outside world, but the power they emanated held the orcs, ogres, Overgrowth, korraw and scorpids at bay. Orcs came to hate the isolationist, powerful nephilim but feared to do anything beyond raiding a few outlying villages. A few decades ago, [[grey orc]]s contacted powerful demons who were looking for the offspring of the rogue demon. With [[Hell]]'s help, the orcish clans united under [[Grand Warlock Mar'Jhaet]] and created a new, fearsome army which spread across Nephil and wiped out many of the nephilim cities. The remaining three cities became known as the Sanctuaries - the last bastions of life in the increasingly hostile world. [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Demon worlds]] [[Category:Orcish worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] d3307f8ab4f0dd2aa3fde13bcee3a83591bacd22 0 43 207 151 2016-02-15T17:59:58Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Saroth |image=Saroth.jpg |type=Temperate |population=895 million |day length=26 hours |year length=360 days |surface temp= 14° C |gravity=Standard |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |moons=2 ([[Gwyn]], [[Glas]]) |species=[[Human]], [[Orc]], [[Elf]], [[Dwarf]], [[Troll]], [[Minotaur]], [[Gnome]], [[Goblin]], [[Nephilim]], [[Werewolf]] |affiliation=Divided ([[Stormhold Alliance]], [[League of Races]], others) }} '''Saroth''' is a [[groundling world]] in the [[Unknown Regions]]. It's mostly known for its multitude of sentient races and its constant perseverance in the face of repeated magical cataclysms, as well as a global war which has been raging for over a generation now. A war-torn world, divided between two major powers and various apocalyptic cults, it knows advanced and powerful magic and would be capable of [[aether-sailing]] if it learned the necessary spells. Due to the devastating nature of the native war and cults, most galactic civilzations try to keep the necessary knowledge from natives of Saroth. == Inhabitants == The most prominent races of Saroth are by far [[human]]s and [[orc]]s, the races leading the two major factions in Saroth's global war. The orcs on Saroth are mostly green-skinned and shamanistic, as typical [[green orc]]s, though humans claim the war was started due to [[grey orc]]s practicing demonic magic. Among other prominent races are [[high elves]], [[dwarves]], [[gnome]]s, [[wood elves]], [[troll]]s, a race of peaceful [[minotaur]]s, [[goblin]]s, as well as a group of [[nephilim]] who escaped [[Nephil]] through a portal. == History == After the [[Titan Apocalypse]], many of the titanic races on Saroth were left dormant in their original Titan complexes. Shortly afterwards, a native race of insects created a great empire which worshiped the [[Elder Things]] and practiced humanoid sacrifice. [[Troll]]s rose up to destroy the insectoid empire and took over majority of the world, leaving the insects to be nearly extinct. The troll empire in time split into smaller pieces, as the local [[elves]] carved out their own empire around a lake beneath which laid a Titan power source. The elven abuse of that power caused a magical cataclysm which split Saroth's supercontinent into its current continents. After the elves split into [[high elves]] and [[wood elves]], the various titanic races were woken up by the cataclysms and began spreading across the now-shattered continents. In time, [[human]]s and [[orc]]s became the dominant races, their kingdoms and clans spanning most of the remaining continents. Over 30 years ago, the orcish clans united under a chieftain known as the [[Black Maw]], known for his ruthlessness. His attacks provoked the human kingdoms to unite in an alliance which repelled the initial attacks after one kingdom was lost. Although now all of the original participants of the war are dead and the factions include many other, initially uninvolved, races the war continues with the same fervor because neither faction can overpower the other or seek out peace. [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Elven worlds]] [[Category:Orcish worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] 2d1aef001838cc75d0dde8a58b553e5e24d47303 0 42 208 128 2016-02-15T18:01:23Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Venus |image=Venus.jpg |type=Jungle |population=350 million |day length=116,75 Earth days |year length=225 days |surface temp= 32° C |gravity=Standard |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Venerean]], [[Elf]] |affiliation=Divided }} Venus is a [[groundling world]] located in the [[Unknown Regions]]. Like neighboring [[Earth]], it was visited by the [[Titans]] who experimented with the local wildlife and left a number of ruined stations behind. However, their involvement here was much smaller due to a failed experiment that produced [[the Overgrowth]], now a serious threat to galactic stability. It is currently inhabited by a native race of [[naturalized fey]] unofficially called [[Venereans]], as well as a [[harpy]] sub-race and a colony of [[elves]] descended from refugees from [[Earth]] who fled it shortly before the fall of [[Atlantis]]. Venus is largely wild, most of its surface covered in the Overgrowth or dominated by native [[dinosaur]]s. Venus is also shrouded in a permanent cloud cover which makes it an unpleasantly hot and steamy world for most outsiders. == Inhabitants == The [[Venerans]] dominate most of the civilized parts of Venus. They're [[naturalized fey]] known for their unusual sexual dimorphism. Their females are known for their exotic beauty and magical powers, while their males are brutish, troll-like creatures who serve as slaves and breeders for the dominant females. Often mistakenly called 'space elves', they stand in stark contrast to the actual elves of Venus. Local elves are descendants of [[Earth]] natives. Although far removed from their origin, all groups tell various versions of one story about an ancient elven mage, [[Erulisse]], who opened a number of portals, allowing a large number of elves to escape the onslaught caused by [[Atlantis]]. Many of modern Venerean elven societies lost their original magic, descending into barbarism to combat the ever-encroaching [[Overgrowth]]. Some nations interbred with the Venereans, resulting in mixed societies which attempt to find a middle ground between the two races. Most of the surface of Venus is claimed by the Overgrowth, a failed Titan experiment which resulted in a faction of voracious, mobile plant creatures which assimilate or consume all animal life, unless it's deemed useful such as various pollinating insects. The Overgrowth cannot be negotiated with and stopping is spread is virtually impossible, leaving other races to merely try slowing it down. == History == Unlike the other two planets in the [[Sol System]], Venus was never technologically advanced. When the [[Titans]] came, its only sentient native race, the [[Venereans]] were already there and lived in simple, pre-tribal paleolithic societies. Titans observed the natives and the local dinosaurs for many centuries, until local scientists began experimenting on the native carnivorous plant-life. The scientific goals of their research were unknown, but the experiment resulted in [[the Overgrowth]], a group of sentient and extremely hostile plant creatures. Believing all life is sacred, Titans refused to purge the planet and merely evacuated and covered the planet in a permanent cloud cover to quarantine the creatures inside. Through unknown means, the Overgrowth found its way out of the planet and began spreading across the stars several thousand years ago. Around 12,000 years ago, shorty before [[Atlantis]] fell, a number of portals opened on Venus, leading thousands of [[Earth]] elves to this world, in an attempt to escape the horrors of the local war. Unfortunately, Venus wasn't a much better home for these refugees, killing most of them with deadly diseases or through native attacks. The elves responded by adapting to the savage world and in a few thousand years, adopted a much more draconian outlook and mutual distrust with the [[Venerean]]s. Within the next thousands of years, Venereans began developing basics of agriculture and the idea of central leadership. A number of small Venerean nations sprang up in the southern hemisphere, although the extent of their control was always very small due to local conditions. Very recently, through accidental cosmic interference, a group of Earth-based aliens, as well as a single soldier from [[Djedsut]], found their way to Venus and the sole remaining Titan outpost on the surface and its mad custodian [[Melektas]]. Although more expeditions are yet to follow, it alerted [[Earth]] to the presence of life on Venus. {{Stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] [[Category:Overgrowth worlds]] 5fe59c96a760594d9ad455f579b44da0f654eb3a 0 45 209 154 2016-02-15T18:06:13Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Zatz |image=Zatz.jpg |type=Temperate |population=320 million |day length=22 hours |year length=381 days |surface temp= 15° C |gravity=Standard |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |moons=2 ([[Nettis]], [[Tidomce]]) |species=[[Human]], [[Elf]], [[Orc]], [[Catfolk]], [[Lizardfolk]] |affiliation=[[Empire of Zatz]] }} '''Zatz''' is a formerly [[aether-sailing]] world in the [[Unknown Regions]], currently in the state of developmental decline. Over 1500 years ago, natives independently developed aether-sailing technology sufficiently different from that in common use in the [[Accords Sector]] and used it to place colonies on one of their moons. A few centuries later, the local planetary government collapsed and in the ensuing chaos, much technology was lost. Zatz has been in technological and magical decline ever since, as well as political decline with periods of stability. Currently, natives believe their world to be a geocentric bubble governed entirely by whims of their gods, with stars being holes in a solid crystal ball surrounding the world. == Inhabitants == Zatz is mostly inhabited by [[human]]s and [[elves]], both divided into several cultural varieties. Humans are divided into high men of the Imperial Heartlands, dark-skinned "red men" with a warrior culture, barbarian "fair men" and [[half-elf|half-elven]] "normen". Elves are divided into [[high elves]], cannibalistic [[wood elves]] and religious [[dark elves]]. In addition, there are influential populations of [[green orc]]s, [[catfolk]] and water-breathing [[lizardfolk]]. It was also once a home to technologically advanced race of [[dwarves]] which went extinct. == History == Although few tracks of them remain, it is presumed the [[Titans]] visited Zatz in the ancient past, due to the presence of races derived from their constructs. It's speculated several ancient complexes are in fact Titan ruins, or were of Titan origin before being remade by modern races. History is hard to tell apart from myth on Zatz, as most facts are shrouded in myth of the current, superstitious era. It is believed that once elves ruled Zatz, but were overthrown by a revolt led by their former human slaves. The First Empire of Zatz arose in this way over 2000 years ago. It is during this era that dwarves and high men developed advanced magic and technology and basic [[aether-sailing]] technology, apparently reaching even [[Nettis]], larger of Zatz's moons, and establishing colonies there. Some writings also suggest dwarves used a layer of [[the Aether]] to create a global instant communication network. However, with the fall of the First Empire, most of that technology was either lost or merely replicated without proper understanding. Eventually, high men united majority of the known world once again and for a few centuries, maintained a good political grip. Recently, a demonic cult opened a number of hell-gates on the surface of Zatz, leading to a crisis which eventually destabilized the Second Empire, and plunged the world into its current, declining state, filled with superstition about the state of the world. [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Groundling worlds]] [[Category:Human worlds]] [[Category:Elven worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] 19f1dd26f0c3785a9578a7d9c90b9de91dc17237 0 73 210 2016-02-15T18:47:14Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "{{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Mercury |image=Mercury.jpg |type=Barren |population=none |day length=58 Earth days |year length=88 Earth days |surface temp= -170 to 430° C |gr..." wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Mercury |image=Mercury.jpg |type=Barren |population=none |day length=58 Earth days |year length=88 Earth days |surface temp= -170 to 430° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=none |moons=none |species=none }} '''Mercury''' is a barren, [[uninhabited world]] in the [[Sol System]]. One of the least hospitable places in the system and one of countless airless, rocky bodies in [[the Galaxy]], it remains mostly unremarkable. Once believed by [[Earth]] inhabitants to be tidally locked to [[Sol]], it is not in fact the case. The only point of note, besides the untapped (and very hard to tap) natural resources is an energy signature emanating from a crater on its surface. Believed to be the remains of a [[Titan]] facility, left undisturbed and uneroded by natural processes, still pulsing with automated systems. Unbeknownst to most Sol System inhabitants, [[Scro]] once attempted to mine Mercury. Remains of their domes, magically keeping air and moisture inside various craters, still dot the airless planet's surface. In few of them small populations of Scro-introduced fauna still live, including one crater near the northern pole hosting a small population transplanted from [[Earth]] through unknown means, forgotten by the inhabitants themselves. {{Stub}} {{Sol System}} f56aceb045df6f6b40ac900adec0a69414dda27f 211 210 2016-02-15T18:48:37Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Mercury |image=Mercury.jpg |type=Barren |population=5 000 |day length=58 Earth days |year length=88 Earth days |surface temp= -170 to 430° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=none |moons=none |species=[[Human]] }} '''Mercury''' is a barren, [[uninhabited world]] in the [[Sol System]]. One of the least hospitable places in the system and one of countless airless, rocky bodies in [[the Galaxy]], it remains mostly unremarkable. Once believed by [[Earth]] inhabitants to be tidally locked to [[Sol]], it is not in fact the case. The only point of note, besides the untapped (and very hard to tap) natural resources is an energy signature emanating from a crater on its surface. Believed to be the remains of a [[Titan]] facility, left undisturbed and uneroded by natural processes, still pulsing with automated systems. Unbeknownst to most Sol System inhabitants, [[Scro]] once attempted to mine Mercury. Remains of their domes, magically keeping air and moisture inside various craters, still dot the airless planet's surface. In few of them small populations of Scro-introduced fauna still live, including one crater near the northern pole hosting a small population transplanted from [[Earth]] through unknown means, forgotten by the inhabitants themselves. {{Stub}} {{Sol System}} a3f95a95c85cf01771851ad8cfca25a9c752cb38 212 211 2016-02-15T23:00:49Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Mercury |image=Mercury.jpg |type=Barren |population=5 000 |day length=58 Earth days |year length=88 Earth days |surface temp= -170 to 430° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=none |moons=none |species=[[Human]] }} '''Mercury''' is a barren, [[uninhabited world]] in the [[Sol System]]. One of the least hospitable places in the system and one of countless airless, rocky bodies in [[the Galaxy]], it remains mostly unremarkable. Once believed by [[Earth]] inhabitants to be tidally locked to [[Sol]], it is not in fact the case. The only point of note, besides the untapped (and very hard to tap) natural resources is an energy signature emanating from a crater on its surface. Believed to be the remains of a [[Titan]] facility, left undisturbed and uneroded by natural processes, still pulsing with automated systems. Unbeknownst to most Sol System inhabitants, [[Scro]] once attempted to mine Mercury. Remains of their domes, magically keeping air and moisture inside various craters, still dot the airless planet's surface. In few of them small populations of Scro-introduced fauna still live, including one crater near the northern pole hosting a small population transplanted from [[Earth]] through unknown means, forgotten by the inhabitants themselves. {{Stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Barren worlds]] [[Category:Uninhabited worlds]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] 59a882b378445f4e725253cd1dcbfe206e776a52 0 74 213 2016-02-15T23:03:52Z Verroak 24955056 Redirected page to [[Remains of Phaethon]] wikitext text/x-wiki #REDIRECT[[Remains of Phaethon]] 773d911cd6c3cb60d966621b1a02a1da5d0c6447 0 75 214 2016-02-15T23:36:51Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "{{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Phaethon |image=Phaethon.jpg |type=Snow |population=Unknown |day length=Unknown |year length=Approx. 1680 Earth days |surface temp=Below 0° C |..." wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Phaethon |image=Phaethon.jpg |type=Snow |population=Unknown |day length=Unknown |year length=Approx. 1680 Earth days |surface temp=Below 0° C |gravity=Standard |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |moons=Unknown |species=Unknown }} '''Phaethon''' was a planet in the [[Sol System]] destroyed before the rise of modern galactic civilization. Its true history and reasons for destruction are unknown and possibly will never be known until the [[Titan]] language is deciphered. What is known was established from observing remains of the planet which became the asteroid belt of [[Sol System]]. == Geography == No features of Phaethon's land are known, but from its location and the total mass of its remain we can deduce it used to be a planet between the sizes of [[Earth]] and [[Mars]] and was colder than Mars, barely qualifying for habitability. Unless it was heated by some other means, it was a snow planet. Presence of water can be attested from large amounts of water ice in the remaining rocks. == Inhabitants == It's unknown if any mortal races inhabited Phaethon but in astronomical [[Titan]] reliefs, the planet is presented along with icons showing Titan habitation, suggesting Titans visited it and studied or inhabited it. This suggests that Titan constructs, such as dwarves, sphinxes or humans, were present as well. The world never disappears from Titan record, although it's never present in post-Titan records of any race that visited [[Sol System]] since. One myth told among the remaining Earth [[dwarves]] is that they are not, in fact, native Earth dwarves but descendants of Phaethon's inhabitants. Allegedly a war broke out and one faction developed a horrific weapon capable of destroying their planet. The other faction began fleeing through a portal to Earth, but shortly thereafter, the weapon was fired and Phaethon was destroyed. Why would anyone destroy their own planet is unknown, but the unlikelihood of this story places it firmly in the realm of legend. Therefore, if there were dwarves on Phaethon, they are likely extinct. == Theories on destruction == There are many theories about Phaethon's destruction. One theory, posited above, claims it fell prey to an internal war which destroyed Phaethon in the same way [[Atlantis]] nearly destroyed Earth. Other theories suggest it was destroyed by a natural cataclysm, which would have to occur between 77,000 and 15,000 years ago, and there is no evidence of catastrophic meteor showers on nearby worlds which would unavoidably follow. The most popular argument is that Phaethon was destroyed during the [[Titan Apocalypse]], either by the Titans or the [[Elder Things]]. Both races were capable of destruction on such a large scale and although the Elder Things would not hesitate to obliterate an entire planet, Titans' motives for doing that are unclear. Perhaps it was too deeply infested by the Elder Things and beyond rescue. Perhaps it was an attempt to destroy the invading creatures, or even an experiment at devising a weapon capable of harming the true masters of this invasion. Whichever it would be, it clearly failed. == [[Ceres]] == The biggest body remaining of Phaethon is known as Ceres. Large enough to collapse under its own gravity into a spherical shape, Ceres is a rocky and icy body whose surface appears to house the remains of facilities built by its previous inhabitants, possibly Titans. Curiously, there is also an energy signature emanating from one of the craters, visible from certain distance as bright light. Said energy source has never been investigated as far as current knowledge is concerned. [[Category:Broken worlds]] [[Category:Snow worlds]] 3717a36d76d0df3ebeaec0c630e814cbc2727478 215 214 2016-02-15T23:38:00Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Phaethon |image=Phaethon.jpg |type=Snow |population=Unknown |day length=Unknown |year length=Approx. 1680 Earth days |surface temp=Below 0° C |gravity=Standard |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |moons=Unknown |species=Unknown }} '''Phaethon''' was a planet in the [[Sol System]] destroyed before the rise of modern galactic civilization. Its true history and reasons for destruction are unknown and possibly will never be known until the [[Titan]] language is deciphered. What is known was established from observing remains of the planet which became the asteroid belt of [[Sol System]]. == Geography == No features of Phaethon's land are known, but from its location and the total mass of its remain we can deduce it used to be a planet between the sizes of [[Earth]] and [[Mars]] and was colder than Mars, barely qualifying for habitability. Unless it was heated by some other means, it was a snow planet. Presence of water can be attested from large amounts of water ice in the remaining rocks. == Inhabitants == It's unknown if any mortal races inhabited Phaethon but in astronomical [[Titan]] reliefs, the planet is presented along with icons showing Titan habitation, suggesting Titans visited it and studied or inhabited it. This suggests that Titan constructs, such as dwarves, sphinxes or humans, were present as well. The world never disappears from Titan record, although it's never present in post-Titan records of any race that visited [[Sol System]] since. One myth told among the remaining Earth [[dwarves]] is that they are not, in fact, native Earth dwarves but descendants of Phaethon's inhabitants. Allegedly a war broke out and one faction developed a horrific weapon capable of destroying their planet. The other faction began fleeing through a portal to Earth, but shortly thereafter, the weapon was fired and Phaethon was destroyed. Why would anyone destroy their own planet is unknown, but the unlikelihood of this story places it firmly in the realm of legend. Therefore, if there were dwarves on Phaethon, they are likely extinct. == Theories on destruction == There are many theories about Phaethon's destruction. One theory, posited above, claims it fell prey to an internal war which destroyed Phaethon in the same way [[Atlantis]] nearly destroyed Earth. Other theories suggest it was destroyed by a natural cataclysm, which would have to occur between 77,000 and 15,000 years ago, and there is no evidence of catastrophic meteor showers on nearby worlds which would unavoidably follow. The most popular argument is that Phaethon was destroyed during the [[Titan Apocalypse]], either by the Titans or the [[Elder Things]]. Both races were capable of destruction on such a large scale and although the Elder Things would not hesitate to obliterate an entire planet, Titans' motives for doing that are unclear. Perhaps it was too deeply infested by the Elder Things and beyond rescue. Perhaps it was an attempt to destroy the invading creatures, or even an experiment at devising a weapon capable of harming the true masters of this invasion. Whichever it would be, it clearly failed. == [[Ceres]] == The biggest body remaining of Phaethon is known as Ceres. Large enough to collapse under its own gravity into a spherical shape, Ceres is a rocky and icy body whose surface appears to house the remains of facilities built by its previous inhabitants, possibly Titans. Curiously, there is also an energy signature emanating from one of the craters, visible from certain distance as bright light. Said energy source has never been investigated as far as current knowledge is concerned. {{Sol System}} [[Category:Broken worlds]] [[Category:Snow worlds]] bf2f78462e026bf7dc8a8fcd0b1f8f840b562f85 0 76 216 2016-02-16T17:42:17Z Verroak 24955056 Redirected page to [[Titan]] wikitext text/x-wiki #REDIRECT[[Titan]] 3c3043ff3b2c0ee749d9dd85ef6bbd88adf7125b 0 77 217 2016-02-16T22:16:23Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "{{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Jupiter |image=Jupiter.jpg |type=Gas Giant |day length=10 hours |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -108° C |gravity=Very High |atmosph..." wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Jupiter |image=Jupiter.jpg |type=Gas Giant |day length=10 hours |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -108° C |gravity=Very High |atmosphere=Hydrogen, Helium |moons=67 ([[Io]], [[Europa]], [[Ganymede]], [[Callisto]]) }} '''Jupiter''' is a gas giant and the biggest planet in the [[Sol System]] in [[Unknown Regions]]. As a gas giant outside its star's usual habitable zone, Jupiter is inhabited only by scant, hydrogen-breathing floater fauna and flora with little room for development of advanced life forms or habitation for most known sentient life forms. Nevertheless, it's important for the Sol System because of its influence and its large, planet-sized moons. == History == Home to mostly primitive life forms floating in its hydrogen clouds, Jupiter itself was left alone until the [[Titan]]s arrived in [[the Galaxy]]. It's unknown how many facilities were placed within Jupiter's atmosphere, rings and moons but one energy signature remains intact, still emitting energy from the heart of a giant, planet-sized hurricane on the southern hemisphere of Jupiter, the famous Great Red Spot. It's unknown if the spot is that old, or if the facility creates it, or even if it's created on purpose or merely clouds clumping around the artificially suspended structure. Because of its influence and great, planet-sized moons tidally heated to habitable temperatures, various Earth gods have taken interest in Jupiter. A number of transplanted populations originating from [[Earth]] lives within the Jupiter system, with no contact with the current Earth society. == Moons == Jupiter has no stable geography as it lacks a solid surface like most gas giants, but it has four large, planet-sized, inhabited moons. === [[Io]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Io |image=Io.jpg |type=Demon |population=100 000 |day length=42,5 hours |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= 147° C |gravity=Low m/s² |atmosphere=Sulfur Dioxide |species=[[Salamander]], [[Efreet]], [[Dwarf]] }} One of the few worlds of [[demon world|demon]] type with little influence from actual demons, Io is a highly volcanically active world, heated to the point of melting rock by Jupiter's massive tides. Because of the temperature and poisonous atmosphere, most [[humanoid]]s cannot survive on its surface, but scattered, nomadic populations of alien pyrophiles managed to make their way there. Io's constantly shifting surface frequently brings up buried minerals and other goods, which these populations eagerly harvest and sell to other worlds in Jupiter's system. // *More coming* // ==== History ==== Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur? === [[Europa]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Europa |image=Europa.jpg |type=Ice/Ocean |population=3 million |day length=3,5 Earth days (85 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -5° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Merfolk]], [[Locathah]], [[Telchin]], [[Cetalia]], [[Lektin]] |affiliation=Divided }} Europa is a frozen oceanic world, whose surface is permanently covered in ice, with few cracks and surface posts linking the enormous, subsurface ocean to the surface. Seemingly devoid of life when viewed from the outside, Europa is nevertheless blooming with various aquatic life forms beneath the cover of ice. Most of the inhabitants of Europa seem to be transplanted from Earth or other worlds in the Sol System, including [[merfolk]] from Earth and [[cetalia]] from [[Luna]]. A few races seem unique to Europa, including a local variant of [[locathah]]s and a race called [[lektin]]s which seems alien to Europa but has never been seen on other worlds. // *More coming* // ==== History ==== Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur? === [[Ganymede]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Ganymede |image=Ganymede.jpg |type=Snow |population=7 million |day length=7,155 Earth days (172 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= 8° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Human]], [[Spart]], [[Myrmidon]] |affiliation=Divided }} The most Earth-like of Jupiter's moons, Ganymede was a wild world of snow-capped mountains and chilly seas until [[Zeus]], Jupiter's namesake, took interest in it and transplanted a number of descendants of his and his lover's Ganymede's. These Ganymedeans now rule most of the world from castles located in high peaks overlooking valleys filled with special, magical farms which remain warm and fertile despite the cold of Jupiter's system. Ganymedeans were also given a set of dragon's teeth which were sown and grown into local [[Spart]]s. They have since became independent and engaged in a never-ending conflict with another transplanted Earth race, [[Myrmidon]]s, ant people once created by Zeus to replace a dead island's population. ==== History ==== Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur? === [[Callisto]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Callisto |image=Callisto.jpg |type=Snow |population=4 million |day length=16,6 Earth days (400,5 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -4° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide |species=[[Human]], [[Elf]], [[Sphinx]] |capital=? |government=? |rulers=? |settlements=? |languages=? |religions=? |affiliation=? }} Unlike most worlds in Jupiter's system, Callisto was once home to a [[Titan]] facility, speculated to a repository of knowledge for their research on Jupiter. A population of [[anthrosphinx]]es was left behind after the facility became defunct and evolved into Callisto's sole sentient race before the arrival of [[Amazon]]s. Presumably attracted to another matriarchal race, Earth goddess [[Artemis]] transplanted a population of descendants of hers and her lover's (and moon's namesake) Callisto. Despite being otherwise human, these Amazons are apparently capable of parthogenesis - there are no men among them, yet they easily reproduce on their own from families of two females. Since the Amazons' arrival, a race of naturalized lampades turned into a native race of [[dark elf|dark elves]]. ==== History ==== Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur? {{Stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Gas giants]] [[Category:Uninhabited worlds]] [[Category:Worlds with inhabited moons]] 6877e7fa88598d9a032a4571ce7804b2ef004aa7 220 217 2016-02-27T22:20:42Z Verroak 24955056 /* Io */ wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Jupiter |image=Jupiter.jpg |type=Gas Giant |day length=10 hours |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -108° C |gravity=Very High |atmosphere=Hydrogen, Helium |moons=67 ([[Io]], [[Europa]], [[Ganymede]], [[Callisto]]) }} '''Jupiter''' is a gas giant and the biggest planet in the [[Sol System]] in [[Unknown Regions]]. As a gas giant outside its star's usual habitable zone, Jupiter is inhabited only by scant, hydrogen-breathing floater fauna and flora with little room for development of advanced life forms or habitation for most known sentient life forms. Nevertheless, it's important for the Sol System because of its influence and its large, planet-sized moons. == History == Home to mostly primitive life forms floating in its hydrogen clouds, Jupiter itself was left alone until the [[Titan]]s arrived in [[the Galaxy]]. It's unknown how many facilities were placed within Jupiter's atmosphere, rings and moons but one energy signature remains intact, still emitting energy from the heart of a giant, planet-sized hurricane on the southern hemisphere of Jupiter, the famous Great Red Spot. It's unknown if the spot is that old, or if the facility creates it, or even if it's created on purpose or merely clouds clumping around the artificially suspended structure. Because of its influence and great, planet-sized moons tidally heated to habitable temperatures, various Earth gods have taken interest in Jupiter. A number of transplanted populations originating from [[Earth]] lives within the Jupiter system, with no contact with the current Earth society. == Moons == Jupiter has no stable geography as it lacks a solid surface like most gas giants, but it has four large, planet-sized, inhabited moons. === [[Io]] === One of the few worlds of [[demon world|demon]] type with little influence from actual demons, Io is a highly volcanically active world, heated to the point of melting rock by Jupiter's massive tides. Because of the temperature and poisonous atmosphere, most [[humanoid]]s cannot survive on its surface, but scattered, nomadic populations of alien pyrophiles managed to make their way there. Io's constantly shifting surface frequently brings up buried minerals and other goods, which these populations eagerly harvest and sell to other worlds in Jupiter's system. :: ''More in the [[Io]] article.'' === [[Europa]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Europa |image=Europa.jpg |type=Ice/Ocean |population=3 million |day length=3,5 Earth days (85 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -5° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Merfolk]], [[Locathah]], [[Telchin]], [[Cetalia]], [[Lektin]] |affiliation=Divided }} Europa is a frozen oceanic world, whose surface is permanently covered in ice, with few cracks and surface posts linking the enormous, subsurface ocean to the surface. Seemingly devoid of life when viewed from the outside, Europa is nevertheless blooming with various aquatic life forms beneath the cover of ice. Most of the inhabitants of Europa seem to be transplanted from Earth or other worlds in the Sol System, including [[merfolk]] from Earth and [[cetalia]] from [[Luna]]. A few races seem unique to Europa, including a local variant of [[locathah]]s and a race called [[lektin]]s which seems alien to Europa but has never been seen on other worlds. // *More coming* // ==== History ==== Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur? === [[Ganymede]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Ganymede |image=Ganymede.jpg |type=Snow |population=7 million |day length=7,155 Earth days (172 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= 8° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Human]], [[Spart]], [[Myrmidon]] |affiliation=Divided }} The most Earth-like of Jupiter's moons, Ganymede was a wild world of snow-capped mountains and chilly seas until [[Zeus]], Jupiter's namesake, took interest in it and transplanted a number of descendants of his and his lover's Ganymede's. These Ganymedeans now rule most of the world from castles located in high peaks overlooking valleys filled with special, magical farms which remain warm and fertile despite the cold of Jupiter's system. Ganymedeans were also given a set of dragon's teeth which were sown and grown into local [[Spart]]s. They have since became independent and engaged in a never-ending conflict with another transplanted Earth race, [[Myrmidon]]s, ant people once created by Zeus to replace a dead island's population. ==== History ==== Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur? === [[Callisto]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Callisto |image=Callisto.jpg |type=Snow |population=4 million |day length=16,6 Earth days (400,5 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -4° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide |species=[[Human]], [[Elf]], [[Sphinx]] |capital=? |government=? |rulers=? |settlements=? |languages=? |religions=? |affiliation=? }} Unlike most worlds in Jupiter's system, Callisto was once home to a [[Titan]] facility, speculated to a repository of knowledge for their research on Jupiter. A population of [[anthrosphinx]]es was left behind after the facility became defunct and evolved into Callisto's sole sentient race before the arrival of [[Amazon]]s. Presumably attracted to another matriarchal race, Earth goddess [[Artemis]] transplanted a population of descendants of hers and her lover's (and moon's namesake) Callisto. Despite being otherwise human, these Amazons are apparently capable of parthogenesis - there are no men among them, yet they easily reproduce on their own from families of two females. Since the Amazons' arrival, a race of naturalized lampades turned into a native race of [[dark elf|dark elves]]. ==== History ==== Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur? {{Stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Gas giants]] [[Category:Uninhabited worlds]] [[Category:Worlds with inhabited moons]] 7288d924fb825b2bb67778c5084576e468cd4c64 0 78 219 2016-02-27T22:19:56Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "{{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Io |image=Io.jpg |type=Demon |population=100 000 |day length=42,5 hours |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= 147° C |gravity=Low |atmosp..." wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Io |image=Io.jpg |type=Demon |population=100 000 |day length=42,5 hours |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= 147° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Sulfur Dioxide |species=[[Salamander]], [[Efreet]], [[Dwarf]] }} '''Io''' is a moon of [[Jupiter]], a [[gas giant]] in the [[Sol System]] in the [[Unknown Regions]]. One of the few worlds of [[demon world|demon]] type with little influence from actual demons, Io is a highly volcanically active world, heated to the point of melting rock by Jupiter's massive tides. Because of the temperature and poisonous atmosphere, most [[humanoid]]s cannot survive on its surface, but scattered, nomadic populations of alien pyrophiles managed to make their way there. Io's constantly shifting surface frequently brings up buried minerals and other goods, which these populations eagerly harvest and sell to other worlds in Jupiter's system. == History == There is evidence of [[Titan]] presence on Io, although it has been mostly destroyed in the eternally shifting fiery landscape. As they doubtlessly encountered countless other tidally-heated moons before, they likely weren't researching much, but harnessing the moon's energy for other purposes. Sixteen thousand years ago, [[bronze dwarves]] from an unknown system arrived on Io. Their descendants have now forgotten their origin, but the outposts resistant to the toxic conditions still remain. It's speculated that other dominant creatures on Io, efreet and salamanders, have been also brought by these dwarves. The dwarven myths speak of a world with seas of flame, thus they likely came from a similar, volcanic world. The constant part of Io's ever shifting political landscape have been the city of Odzn, originally a dwarven outpost floating with the fire currents. Although it understandably changes its position on the moon's surface, Odzn has remained dominant thanks to its relative safety and economic influence. Odzn sends hundreds of miners across Io and harvests the minerals brought up and sells them to the less fortunate and more ephemeral settlements on Io, as well as other moons of [[Jupiter]]. [[Category:Demon worlds]] [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Moons]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] [[Category:Dwarven worlds]] dc4b249f1f670729acac947b7cfb8e0d25cb6829 221 219 2016-02-27T22:21:47Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Io |image=Io.jpg |type=Demon |population=100 000 |day length=42,5 hours |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= 147° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Sulfur Dioxide |species=[[Salamander]], [[Efreet]], [[Dwarf]] }} '''Io''' is a moon of [[Jupiter]], a [[gas giant]] in the [[Sol System]] in the [[Unknown Regions]]. One of the few worlds of [[demon world|demon]] type with little influence from actual demons, Io is a highly volcanically active world, heated to the point of melting rock by Jupiter's massive tides. Because of the temperature and poisonous atmosphere, most [[humanoid]]s cannot survive on its surface, but scattered, nomadic populations of alien pyrophiles managed to make their way there. Io's constantly shifting surface frequently brings up buried minerals and other goods, which these populations eagerly harvest and sell to other worlds in Jupiter's system. == History == There is evidence of [[Titan]] presence on Io, although it has been mostly destroyed in the eternally shifting fiery landscape. As they doubtlessly encountered countless other tidally-heated moons before, they likely weren't researching much, but harnessing the moon's energy for other purposes. Sixteen thousand years ago, [[bronze dwarves]] from an unknown system arrived on Io. Their descendants have now forgotten their origin, but the outposts resistant to the toxic conditions still remain. It's speculated that other dominant creatures on Io, efreet and salamanders, have been also brought by these dwarves. The dwarven myths speak of a world with seas of flame, thus they likely came from a similar, volcanic world. The constant part of Io's ever shifting political landscape have been the city of Odzn, originally a dwarven outpost floating with the fire currents. Although it understandably changes its position on the moon's surface, Odzn has remained dominant thanks to its relative safety and economic influence. Odzn sends hundreds of miners across Io and harvests the minerals brought up and sells them to the less fortunate and more ephemeral settlements on Io, as well as other moons of [[Jupiter]]. {{Sol System}} [[Category:Demon worlds]] [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Moons]] [[Category:Unknown Regions]] [[Category:Dwarven worlds]] 3c3fbd91f7b1297d135ad940bb378fdedeacab49 0 79 222 2016-02-28T23:39:46Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "'''Cult of the Saints of Lausain''' is the dominant religion of [[Ivarind]]. Over three thousand years old, it originates from the continent of [[Zaeren]] and shares a number..." wikitext text/x-wiki '''Cult of the Saints of Lausain''' is the dominant religion of [[Ivarind]]. Over three thousand years old, it originates from the continent of [[Zaeren]] and shares a number of aesthetic similarities with some other powerful religions of [[the Galaxy]], including [[Monadism]] and [[Christianity]]. One of the most oppressive religions in the known space, practice of it outside Ivarind is regulated by the [[Gnadra Accords]]. == Beliefs == As most other faiths on Ivarind, followers of the Saints believe the [[Titan]]s to be gods, and (rightly) believe they're dead. The actual divine role in this religion is taken up by a group of former mortals who ascended to [[god]]hood through mortal worship, though Ivarindians do not use the term "god" for them. Anyone claiming to follow other gods is deemed a heretic (as their holy scripture states that "gods are dead and no man shall bend their knee to them"). Ever since Ivarind's contact with other worlds, aliens who worship gods have been tolerated but an occasional incident of violence still happens. Followers of the Saints are much less tolerant towards other Ivarindian religions, such as dragon cults, ancestor or nature worshipers. Outré-Saints, as the followers call themselves (literally, "want to be saints"), believe to lead a good, happy life one should follow the seven virtues espoused by the seven saints: humility, honesty, chastity, chivalry, generosity, diligence and faith. The religion's holy scripture is divided into seven books, each corresponding to the various saints, containing various sermons and sayings attributed to them (or occasionally, the whole book is purportedly authored by the saint). Per the origin myth and the Book of Poutlac, sinners are given a chance to convert and turn away from sin and upon refusal are to be killed to purify the world. Despite the common rumor, the followers of this religion (nor any other Ivarindians) honestly believed the world was flat. It was, however, presented as a perfect sphere in the center of a geocentric model, with the sun and planets believed to orbit it. Like the pre-Lausain cults, stars (and therefore planets) are believed to be spirits of the ancestors, with some bright stars ascribed to specific ancient kings and men of virtue. Arrival of aliens originally confused the smallfolk who took these travelers to be sent by these ancestors but knowledge of the true shape of the universe is quickly spreading. == Background == Before the beginnings of the Saints of Lausain, most of Ivarind's humans followed various forms of decentralized ancestor or nature worship. Elementals, ancestral spirits and fey enjoyed an equal and mixed reception. Occasionally, hermits and ascetics would claim to embody a virtue and wholly dedicate themselves to it. At this time, these "men of virtue" would rarely claim guidance from any particular divine authority and would merely follow the virtues on their own. What those virtues were varied from region to region, and virtues of one land were sometimes considered grave sins for other lands. The Saints of Lausain arose from this "men of virtue" tradition, and their appearance canonized the current set of virtues worshiped on Zaeren. Originally, the men of virtue and the worship of other spirits were not seen as contradictory and indeed, some early men of virtue even speak occasional praises to virtuous fey or ancestors. Only since the beginnings of this particular religion, the persecution began. == Origin myth == According to the common belief on Ivarind, the Saints of Lausain was a group of seven men of virtue who, through various means, arrived in the city of Lausain by 3134 BP. Some were natives, some lived in the neighboring area, and Saint Reman was even said to come from a far away land. All of them were said to be former sinners who by some stroke of luck lost all of their past, sinful fortunes and turned to life of virtue. The saints, according to legend, were: * [[Saint Carcon]] of humility. Once a tyrant, a proud and arrogant lord who branded his subjects like cattle. One day, brigands robbed his household and killed his family. In despair, Carcon turned to virtue and found a more fulfilling life in it. * [[Saint Rouald]] of honesty. Once an oath-breaker and a cheat, he conned lords of a few cities to give him their fortunes in exchange for fake magical trinkets. Finally, one lord retaliated, robbed him of all his ill-gained possessions and dumped his body in the river. Rouald emerged a changed man and swore to never tell a lie again. * [[Saint Lamiere]] of chastity. Once a harlot, she lived a life of easy luxury, selling her body for earthly gains. One day, a group of four men took her body without paying and killed her three sons who tried to defend her. Lamiere promised to never lie with another man and began to preach for others to do the same. * [[Saint Gevours]] of chivalry. Once a knave and a common bandit, he sat in a canyon and forced everyone passing to pay a toll, and those he found rich enough killed anyway. One day, a lord's entourage proved too challenging to his band and Gevours was left to bleed out in the snow. He came to a changed man and promised to uphold a code of honor. * [[Saint Lidiocque]] of generosity. Once a covetous noblewoman and a black widow, she killed two husbands to gain their possessions. Her third husband not only survived her attempt on his life, but tried to kill her as well. Surviving by a miracle, she gave away all she owned and promised to never again covet anyone's possession. * [[Saint Reman]] of diligence. Once a rich merchant who gained a fortune on the work of others, his ships were accosted at sea by pirates. Reman survived by hanging onto a single plank of wood and washed up on the shores of Zaeren. When he woke up, he promised to live a life of diligence from now on. * [[Saint Poutlac]] of faith. Once an iconoclastic madman, he took pride in destroying temples and killing priests and robbing their possessions. Finally, a priest cursed him to lose his sight. Poutlac fell into despair, until he found a new faith in the virtues. In said year, they began preaching as a group and imploring the people of Lausain, known for their sinfulness, to convert and abandon their sins. Although their sermons mostly fell on deaf ears, they gathered a small group of fervent followers and the magnates behind Lausain began to fear them. Finally, they hired ruffians to get rid of the leaders of this nascent revolution. The men of virtue were robbed, raped and brutally murdered, not necessarily in that order, by an angry crowd paid off by the leaders of Lausain. This was not, however, their end. Over the following month, the virtuous men in the city would see dreams and visions of the men of virtue who kept imploring them to leave the city by the end of the month. Most of their former followers did so, but some chose not to believe in those dreams. After the month has passed, the followers gathered in the mountains above Lausain with all their families and possessions. As the sun set over the city, earth shook and split, swallowing the town. What survived was destroyed by fire raining from the sky. In the end, Lausain was gone and its remaining citizens from then on worshiped the Saints of Lausain, found a new city in their new home in the mountains, Saint-Lausain, and promised to spread the new religion. [[Category:Religions]] a6e0fcbf41b6ef25ebc853d4a3e92659ae7a7773 223 222 2016-02-29T01:19:45Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki '''Church of the Saints of Lausain''' is the dominant religion of [[Ivarind]]. Over three thousand years old, it originates from the continent of [[Zaeren]] and shares a number of aesthetic similarities with some other powerful religions of [[the Galaxy]], including [[Monadism]] and [[Christianity]]. One of the most oppressive religions in the known space, practice of it outside Ivarind is regulated by the [[Gnadra Accords]]. == Beliefs == As most other faiths on Ivarind, followers of the Saints believe the [[Titan]]s to be gods, and (rightly) believe they're dead. The actual divine role in this religion is taken up by a group of former mortals who ascended to [[god]]hood through mortal worship, though Ivarindians do not use the term "god" for them. Anyone claiming to follow other gods is deemed a heretic (as their holy scripture states that "gods are dead and no man shall bend their knee to them"). Ever since Ivarind's contact with other worlds, aliens who worship gods have been tolerated but an occasional incident of violence still happens. Followers of the Saints are much less tolerant towards other Ivarindian religions, such as dragon cults, ancestor or nature worshipers. Outré-Saints, as the followers call themselves (literally, "want to be saints"), believe to lead a good, happy life one should follow the seven virtues espoused by the seven saints: humility, honesty, chastity, chivalry, generosity, diligence and faith. The religion's holy scripture is divided into two main divisions: Books of the Saints and the Hagiographies. Books of the Saints are seven books, each corresponding to the various saints, containing various sermons and sayings attributed to them (or occasionally, the whole book is purportedly authored by the saint). The Hagiographies are a later book by Heuron the Chronicler, detailing the lives of each saint, leading up to their martyrdom. Per the origin myth and the Book of Poutlac, sinners are given a chance to convert and turn away from sin and upon refusal are to be killed to purify the world. Despite the common rumor, the followers of this religion (nor any other Ivarindians) honestly believed the world was flat. It was, however, presented as a perfect sphere in the center of a geocentric model, with the sun and planets believed to orbit it. Like the pre-Lausain cults, stars (and therefore planets) are believed to be spirits of the ancestors, with some bright stars ascribed to specific ancient kings and men of virtue. Arrival of aliens originally confused the smallfolk who took these travelers to be sent by these ancestors but knowledge of the true shape of the universe is quickly spreading. == Organisation == Originally without a central structure, the Church merely acknowledged the moral authority of the bishop of Saint-Lausain. Over 1200 years ago, the church was reformed and the bishop of Saint-Lausain was proclaimed as the Anointed, the mouth-piece of the saints. The Anointed, unlike many other heads of religion, directly contacts the saints and brings forth their orders and proclamations. Under him serve seven cardinals, originally meant to represent one virtue each, but they have since become a more generic council of high-ranking clergy. Under the cardinals serve bishops and archbishops of various churches throughout Ivarind. == Background == Before the beginnings of the Saints of Lausain, most of Ivarind's humans followed various forms of decentralized ancestor or nature worship. Elementals, ancestral spirits and fey enjoyed an equal and mixed reception. Occasionally, hermits and ascetics would claim to embody a virtue and wholly dedicate themselves to it. At this time, these "men of virtue" would rarely claim guidance from any particular divine authority and would merely follow the virtues on their own. What those virtues were varied from region to region, and virtues of one land were sometimes considered grave sins for other lands. The Saints of Lausain arose from this "men of virtue" tradition, and their appearance canonized the current set of virtues worshiped on Zaeren. Originally, the men of virtue and the worship of other spirits were not seen as contradictory and indeed, some early men of virtue even speak occasional praises to virtuous fey or ancestors. Only since the beginnings of this particular religion, the persecution began. == Origin myth == According to the common belief on Ivarind, the Saints of Lausain was a group of seven men of virtue who, through various means, arrived in the city of Lausain by 3134 BP. Some were natives, some lived in the neighboring area, and Saint Reman was even said to come from a far away land. All of them were said to be former sinners who by some stroke of luck lost all of their past, sinful fortunes and turned to life of virtue. The saints, according to legend, were: * [[Saint Carcon]] of humility. Once a tyrant, a proud and arrogant lord who branded his subjects like cattle. One day, brigands robbed his household and killed his family. In despair, Carcon turned to virtue and found a more fulfilling life in it. * [[Saint Rouald]] of honesty. Once an oath-breaker and a cheat, he conned lords of a few cities to give him their fortunes in exchange for fake magical trinkets. Finally, one lord retaliated, robbed him of all his ill-gained possessions and dumped his body in the river. Rouald emerged a changed man and swore to never tell a lie again. * [[Saint Lamiere]] of chastity. Once a harlot, she lived a life of easy luxury, selling her body for earthly gains. One day, a group of four men took her body without paying and killed her three sons who tried to defend her. Lamiere promised to never lie with another man and began to preach for others to do the same. * [[Saint Gevours]] of chivalry. Once a knave and a common bandit, he sat in a canyon and forced everyone passing to pay a toll, and those he found rich enough killed anyway. One day, a lord's entourage proved too challenging to his band and Gevours was left to bleed out in the snow. He came to a changed man and promised to uphold a code of honor. * [[Saint Lidiocque]] of generosity. Once a covetous noblewoman and a black widow, she killed two husbands to gain their possessions. Her third husband not only survived her attempt on his life, but tried to kill her as well. Surviving by a miracle, she gave away all she owned and promised to never again covet anyone's possession. * [[Saint Reman]] of diligence. Once a rich merchant who gained a fortune on the work of others, his ships were accosted at sea by pirates. Reman survived by hanging onto a single plank of wood and washed up on the shores of Zaeren. When he woke up, he promised to live a life of diligence from now on. * [[Saint Poutlac]] of faith. Once an iconoclastic madman, he took pride in destroying temples and killing priests and robbing their possessions. Finally, a priest cursed him to lose his sight. Poutlac fell into despair, until he found a new faith in the virtues. In said year, they began preaching as a group and imploring the people of Lausain, known for their sinfulness, to convert and abandon their sins. Although their sermons mostly fell on deaf ears, they gathered a small group of fervent followers and the magnates behind Lausain began to fear them. Finally, they hired ruffians to get rid of the leaders of this nascent revolution. The men of virtue were robbed, raped and brutally murdered, not necessarily in that order, by an angry crowd paid off by the leaders of Lausain. This was not, however, their end. Over the following month, the virtuous men in the city would see dreams and visions of the men of virtue who kept imploring them to leave the city by the end of the month. Most of their former followers did so, but some chose not to believe in those dreams. After the month has passed, the followers gathered in the mountains above Lausain with all their families and possessions. As the sun set over the city, earth shook and split, swallowing the town. What survived was destroyed by fire raining from the sky. In the end, Lausain was gone and its remaining citizens from then on worshiped the Saints of Lausain, found a new city in their new home in the mountains, Saint-Lausain, and promised to spread the new religion. == Speculation == Because disputing facts written in the holy scripture is considered one of the highest heresies, there is very little native research into the truth behind the religion. In the short time of alien activity on Ivarind, some facts have been uncovered. There is considerable amount of anachronistic elements in the stories of various saints. Although Ivarind's society is unusually stagnant, even here there were cultural changes and stories in the Hagiographies reflect the society of a later era by nearly a thousand years. Additionally, some saints appear to come from different time period, and therefore couldn't have all been killed in one night. Saint Poutlac is first attested three centuries after the original event and is speculated to be the main author behind the formalization of Church's scripture. In the time before the Saints, there were hardly any temples he could destroy, or a faith he could espouse without being what his followers term a pagan. Saint Lidiocque appears to be a conflation of three separate women who lived over the space of four hundred years. Saint Gevours is sometimes said to be an outright fabrication, as there is little specificity in all stories about him and few of his deed match up with recorded historical events. The biggest point of interest for aliens is Saint Reman. A visitor from a distant and unspecified realm, he allegedly carried with him cargo of exotic and dangerous beasts and plants, none of which match anything found on Ivarind in the present day. The pirates who attacked his ship are gaunt and corpse-like in appearance. His ship goes up in a purple flame, which is typically associated with an overloaded arcane machinery. These facts all point to Reman being an alien, possibly [[Remus Midian]], the lost human captain of a vessel from the [[Gnadra Confederacy|Gnadra]] world of [[Midialoss]]. [[Category:Religions]] dac4994c236cf171f10e8d9fc7a46590fb59db33 2 80 224 2016-02-29T19:48:23Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "* [[Warrior]]s - melee specialists, use heavy armor and all standard melee weapons. * [[Soldier]]s - ranged specialists, use heavy armor and specialize in all guns, as well as..." wikitext text/x-wiki * [[Warrior]]s - melee specialists, use heavy armor and all standard melee weapons. * [[Soldier]]s - ranged specialists, use heavy armor and specialize in all guns, as well as some other ranged weapons. * [[Rogue]]s - mixed melee/ranged combatants who often use a sword in one hand and a gun in the other. * [[Ranger]]s - ranged specialists, use lighter armor an prefer bows and crossbows. Use a beast pet. * [[Wizard]]s - learned arcane specialists, use a large arsenal of spells with a lot of utility. * [[Sorcerer]]s - natural arcane specialists, a smaller arsenal with a more direct combat specialty. * [[Shaman]]s - including witchcraft, they gain their spells from spiritual sources and can heal, use utility and damage as well. * [[Warlock]]s - dark magic specialists who summon demons and occasionally other evil creatures to do their bidding. * [[Necromancer]]s - dark magic users who raise the dead and summon dark spirits to fight for them, curse others or help their allies. * [[Priest]]s - unarmored, holy spellcasters specialized in healing and crowd control. * [[Paladin]]s - mixed melee fighters and holy casters, they mix combat capability with battlefield support. * [[Inquisitor]]s - mixed ranged fighters and holy casters, they specialize in pinning down and disabling opposition (especially casters) before killing them. * [[Tinker]]s - heavy tech specialists, tinkers use large, bulky machines to deal heavy damage. * [[Gadgeteer]]s - tech pet users, gadgeteers create various machines that serve as their pets in various forms of support. * [[Architect]]s - support tech specialists, architects are light on devices but use their few machines to great many uses. * [[Bard]]s - jacks of all trade, bards can use arcane magic through their music to copy effects of most other classes. aa3035dcf293fc57936ebab654eea4aa6f99e89a 2 80 225 224 2016-02-29T19:52:27Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki * [[Warrior]]s - melee specialists, use heavy armor and all standard melee weapons. * [[Soldier]]s - ranged specialists, use heavy armor and specialize in all guns, as well as some other ranged weapons. * [[Rogue]]s - mixed melee/ranged combatants who often use a sword in one hand and a gun in the other. * [[Ranger]]s - ranged specialists, use lighter armor an prefer bows and crossbows. Use a beast pet. * [[Wizard]]s - learned arcane specialists, use a large arsenal of spells with a lot of utility. * [[Sorcerer]]s - natural arcane specialists, a smaller arsenal with a more direct combat specialty. * [[Shaman]]s - including witchcraft, they gain their spells from spiritual sources and can heal, use utility and damage as well. * [[Warlock]]s - dark magic specialists who summon demons and occasionally other evil creatures to do their bidding. * [[Necromancer]]s - dark magic users who raise the dead and summon dark spirits to fight for them, curse others or help their allies. * [[Priest]]s - unarmored, holy spellcasters specialized in healing and crowd control. * [[Paladin]]s - mixed melee fighters and holy casters, they mix combat capability with battlefield support. * [[Inquisitor]]s - mixed ranged fighters and holy casters, they specialize in pinning down and disabling opposition (especially casters) before killing them. * [[Druid]]s - natural casters, druids use a heavy arsenal of nature spells to heal and deal damage. * [[Feral]]s - natural fighters, ferals embody animal spirits to fight with their ferocity or transform into them. * [[Tinker]]s - heavy tech specialists, tinkers use large, bulky machines to deal heavy damage. * [[Gadgeteer]]s - tech pet users, gadgeteers create various machines that serve as their pets in various forms of support. * [[Architect]]s - support tech specialists, architects are light on devices but use their few machines to great many uses. * [[Bard]]s - jacks of all trade, bards can use arcane magic through their music to copy effects of most other classes. 5a85a676d9ba725fc7c8c39ad7fd82a29b348155 226 225 2016-02-29T20:57:00Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki * [[Warrior]]s - melee specialists, use heavy armor and all standard melee weapons. * [[Soldier]]s - ranged specialists, use heavy armor and specialize in all guns, as well as some other ranged weapons. * [[Rogue]]s - mixed melee/ranged combatants who often use a sword in one hand and a gun in the other. * [[Hunter]]s - ranged specialists, use lighter armor an prefer bows and crossbows. Use a beast pet. * [[Wizard]]s - learned arcane specialists, use a large arsenal of spells with a lot of utility. * [[Sorcerer]]s - natural arcane specialists, a smaller arsenal with a more direct combat specialty. * [[Shaman]]s - including witchcraft, they gain their spells from spiritual sources and can heal, use utility and damage as well. * [[Warlock]]s - dark magic specialists who summon demons and occasionally other evil creatures to do their bidding. * [[Necromancer]]s - dark magic users who raise the dead and summon dark spirits to fight for them, curse others or help their allies. * [[Blackguard]]s - melee fighters and dark magic users who work with demons or undead to dominate their enemies. * [[Priest]]s - unarmored, holy spellcasters specialized in healing and crowd control. * [[Paladin]]s - mixed melee fighters and holy casters, they mix combat capability with battlefield support. * [[Inquisitor]]s - mixed ranged fighters and holy casters, they specialize in pinning down and disabling opposition (especially casters) before killing them. * [[Monk]]s - weaponless melee fighters who use divine inspiration to reach the same level of power as other classes. * [[Druid]]s - natural casters, druids use a heavy arsenal of nature spells to heal and deal damage. * [[Feral]]s - natural fighters, ferals embody animal spirits to fight with their ferocity or transform into them. * [[Ranger]]s - natural ranged fighters who supplement their bows and crossbows with nature magic to heal or support their allies. * [[Tinker]]s - heavy tech specialists, tinkers use large, bulky machines to deal heavy damage. * [[Gadgeteer]]s - tech pet users, gadgeteers create various machines that serve as their pets in various forms of support. * [[Architect]]s - support tech specialists, architects are light on devices but use their few machines to great many uses. * [[Bard]]s - jacks of all trade, bards can use arcane magic through their music to copy effects of most other classes. 82d93a2c29a7508c6745a69db2f91fd70199946e 232 226 2016-04-23T14:35:21Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki * [[Warrior]]s - melee specialists, use heavy armor and all standard melee weapons. * [[Soldier]]s - ranged specialists, use heavy armor and specialize in all guns, as well as some other ranged weapons. * [[Rogue]]s - mixed melee/ranged combatants who often use a sword in one hand and a gun in the other. * [[Hunter]]s - ranged specialists, use lighter armor an prefer bows and crossbows. Use a beast pet. * [[Wizard]]s - arcane specialists, use a large arsenal of spells with a lot of utility. * [[Shaman]]s - including witchcraft, they gain their spells from spiritual sources and can heal, use utility and damage as well. * [[Warlock]]s - dark magic specialists who summon demons or other evil creatures to do their bidding. * [[Knight]]s - mixed melee fighters and casters. Different variants, such as paladins, blackguards and green knights, use different schools of magic and achieve different secondary effects. * [[Ranger]]s - mixed ranged fighters and casters. Different variants, such as inquisitors and wild rangers, use different schools of magic and achieve different secondary effects. * [[Priest]]s - unarmored, holy spellcasters specialized in healing and crowd control. * [[Monk]]s - weaponless melee fighters who use divine inspiration to reach the same level of power as other classes. * [[Druid]]s - natural casters, druids use a heavy arsenal of nature spells to heal and deal damage; or embody animal spirits and transform into various bestial forms. * [[Tinker]]s - heavy tech specialists, tinkers use large, bulky machines to deal heavy damage. * [[Steamwarrior]]s - tech specialists who wear bulky mechanized suits to reinforce their martial power. * [[Bard]]s - jacks of all trade, bards can use arcane magic through their music to copy effects of most other classes. 4c4f760eb4b321e04718f47cfe7acda682dd13a8 10 49 227 218 2016-03-13T14:25:59Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse" !colspan="2"|Races |- | Common races | [[Human]] - [[Elf]] - [[Dwarf]] - [[Gnome]] - [[Halfling]] - [[Orc]] - [[Goliath]] - [[Giff]] - [[Dohwar]] - [[Mercane]] - [[Oni]] - [[Sphinx]] - [[Dracon]] |- | Other races | [[Aboussaur]] - [[Ajazy]] - [[Android]] - [[Aperusa]] - [[Aureal]] - [[Blemmye]] - [[Boggard]] - [[Bugbear]] - [[Cactusfolk]] - [[Catfolk]] - [[Cecaelia]] - [[Centaur]] - [[Cerebromorph]] - [[Corallite]] - [[Darfellan]] - [[Dragonid]] - [[Ettin]] - [[Gargoyle]] - [[Ghilani]] - [[Giant]] - [[Girallon]] - [[Gnoll]] - [[Goblin]] - [[Grav]] - [[Grippli]] - [[Hadozee]] - [[Harpy]] - [[Hobgoblin]] - [[Hamsterling]] - [[Hothak]] - [[Hurwaeti]] - [[Kappa]] - [[Kenku]] - [[Khorak]] - [[Kobold]] - [[Korraw]] - [[Kyton]] - [[Lektin]] - [[Lizarfolk]] - [[Locathah]] - [[Ma'yee]] - [[Medusa]] - [[Merfolk]] - [[Minotaur]] - [[Molekin]] - [[Myconid]] - [[Myrmidon]] - [[Nephilim]] - [[Naga]] - [[Nerugi]] - [[Nsing]] - [[Oortling]] - [[Osh'wari]] - [[Plumkin]] - [[Ratling]] - [[Salamander]] - [[Saturnite]] - [[Satyr]] - [[Scorpid]] - [[Sea Devil]] - [[Sealkin]] - [[Shivan]] - [[Siyokoy]] - [[Syrinx]] - [[Tanukki]] - [[Telchin]] - [[Thorak]] - [[Tiefling]] - [[Treant]] - [[Triton]] - [[Troll]] - [[Trox]] - [[Ursine]] - [[Vannara]] - [[Vegepygmy]] - [[Venerean]] - [[Vespene]] - [[Vroomn]] - [[Vyrhuo]] - [[Wayang]] - [[Wurm]] - [[Xantid]] - [[Xill]] - [[Xiwangmin]] - [[Xixchil]] - [[Yaksha]] - [[Yapper]] - [[Yeti]] |- | Spiritual races | [[Akashic]] - [[Angel]] - [[Demon]] - [[Ghost]] - [[God]] - [[Worldmother]] - [[Wraith]] |- | Undead races | [[Draugr]] - [[Death knight]] - [[Écorché]] - [[Ghoul]] - [[Jiangshi]] - [[Larva]] - [[Lich]] - [[Mummy]] - [[Natural undead]] - [[Vampire]] - [[Zombie]] |- | Extinct races | [[Bond'wari]] - [[Titan]] - [[Xa'tac]] - [[Yellowstone Progenitors]] |} 093f8bca4388bd74a183e61be9294ce74c820479 234 227 2016-05-12T13:33:48Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; 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A pantheistic and tolerant religion, it spread quickly throughout the known space and found fertile ground on many worlds of varying races. Today, its priests and temples, vaguely similar to a mix of [[Christianity|Christian]] and [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] aesthetics, are a popular sight in many unaligned worlds, as well powerful empires. Some worlds accept it as a state religion, although its detachment from politics makes it rare. == Origin == Monadism was founded [[157|1718 years ago]] on a lesser [[Gnadra Confederacy|Gnadra]] world of [[Robadon VI]] among the [[dwarf|dwarven]], [[human]], [[goliath]] and [[molekin]] miners of this arid world. The dwarf known as [[Fergus Ailenmar]] was fired from his job for alleged poor performance, which led to his self-seclusion in a distant cavern, where he meditated for long hours on the nature of existence. When he eventually emerged, he was a changed man, proclaiming news of his discovery of the truth of the universe. In practice, his teachings were not particularly revolutionary, and highly based on a number of natural religions brought to Robadon VI by the migrant workers. He incorporated elements of goliath pantheism, molekin gnosticism and human divine reverence with his own non-theistic belief in the union of spirit. == Beliefs == Mainstream Monadism is a very permissive, tolerant religion concentrated on self-perfection and unity with the universe. It has few strong commandments, telling its adherents only to seek to better themselves, to lead happy lives and to not harm others. Most monadists seek to reveal mystic truths of the universe through meditation, though varied other practices are also common. Devout Monadists seek to "open everyone's eyes" and in the regions where they're less dominant, they became known for their door-to-door evangelism, attempting to distribute their religious pamphlets, hoping to "save everyone's souls from the unending prison of the mortal flesh". Many of the spiritual beliefs of Monadism have been later determined to be accurate regarding some underlying mechanisms of the spiritual side of the universe. Reincarnation, once dismissed by majority but preached by Monadism, has been determined to be what naturally happens to spirits in [[the Aether]] that remain too bound to their former material lives. Matter has been discovered to bind and hold spirits to it in the fashion described by Monadism. While many other Monadist beliefs (such as the Aether being the soul and original form of the universe) remain unproven, these discoveries only swelled the numbers of the followers of the Monad. === Cosmogony === According to Monadist beliefs, in the beginning, there was only [[the Aether]] - and it was perfect, immaculate, timeless and uniform. But the Aether was not just the plane of existence, but as the plane of souls, it was itself an enormous soul, spirit of the universe itself, called the [[Monad]]. For eternity, the Monad contemplated its own perfection and existed in a state free of suffering or worry. Suddenly, for a brief moment, the Monad doubted its own perfection, and from this Doubt arose Fear. That Fear, the first particle different from everything else, became separated and grew even more as the Monad noticed the blemish. In time, it became the [[Demiurge]] - an entity that defined divinity but at the same time was more than any of the future gods. It was the god of gods, the ultimate deity that gave rise to the material universe. Seeing the uniformity of the Aether as wrong, Demiurge used his divine powers to cut out a piece of the Aether and bound it in a new, material form. This way, the nascent material universe was formed, first as a mass of undifferentiated matter. Demiurge gave it direction and laws of physics that directed its evolution and over countless aeons, the universe formed galaxies, stars and planets and eventually, life. Although for the material universe it was billions of years, for the Demiurge it was like days. He saw the diversity of life and was proud of his creation and considered himself the one, true god. When life first grew complex enough to be able to contemplate is own existence as he once did, he saw it fit to show them his true power and make them worship him. But these aliens, on a distant planet beyond the observable edge of the universe, refused to worship the Demiurge, seeing him as merely another man, just one far older than them. Then, Wrath grew in his heart, and that Wrath turned into Evil. As he smote the aliens who dared to refuse him, he grew disgusted with what he's become. He cast the Evil out to the deepest recesses of the Aether, giving rise to [[Hell]] and [[demon]]s. It is believed the Monad rests in a state similar to a coma, with most of its soul fragmented and imprisoned in living beings. As Monadists believe, once one realized his role as part of the greater whole, the soul of the universe, his soul will reunite with the Monad and as more souls rejoin it, the Monad will finally reawaken. Until then, their souls will remain bound to material universe and stuck coming back to the material lives they cannot leave behind. Meanwhile, the Demiurge is believed to rule the material universe as a god would rule his divine domain. Hardly omnipotent, he is believed to rule from a distant planet just beyond the edge of the observable universe, where he and his cadre of faithful, immortal servants live depraved lives. While they're happy, their lives are ultimately illusions and will expire when all matter decays into nothingness at the end of times. [[Category:Religions]] b493baf4bd76b9042fd43b1148e1129abfe3ece6 229 228 2016-03-13T15:46:45Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki '''Monadism''' is the most popular religion in the [[Gnadra Sector]], boasting over a trillion adherents, though the number has been often disputed as a too liberal interpretation of what constitutes an adherent. A pantheistic and tolerant religion, it spread quickly throughout the known space and found fertile ground on many worlds of varying races. Today, its priests and temples, vaguely similar to a mix of [[Christianity|Christian]] and [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] aesthetics, are a popular sight in many unaligned worlds, as well powerful empires. Some worlds accept it as a state religion, although its detachment from politics makes it rare. == Origin == Monadism was founded [[157|1718 years ago]] on a lesser [[Gnadra Confederacy|Gnadra]] world of [[Robadon VI]] among the [[dwarf|dwarven]], [[human]], [[goliath]] and [[molekin]] miners of this arid world. The dwarf known as [[Fergus Ailenmar]] was fired from his job for alleged poor performance, which led to his self-seclusion in a distant cavern, where he meditated for long hours on the nature of existence. When he eventually emerged, he was a changed man, proclaiming news of his discovery of the truth of the universe. In practice, his teachings were not particularly revolutionary, and highly based on a number of natural religions brought to Robadon VI by the migrant workers. He incorporated elements of goliath pantheism, molekin gnosticism and human divine reverence with his own non-theistic belief in the union of spirit. == Beliefs == Mainstream Monadism is a very permissive, tolerant religion concentrated on self-perfection and unity with the universe. It has few strong commandments, telling its adherents only to seek to better themselves, to lead happy lives and to not harm others. Most monadists seek to reveal mystic truths of the universe through meditation, though varied other practices are also common. Devout Monadists seek to "open everyone's eyes" and in the regions where they're less dominant, they became known for their door-to-door evangelism, attempting to distribute their religious pamphlets, hoping to "save everyone's souls from the unending prison of the mortal flesh". Many of the spiritual beliefs of Monadism have been later determined to be accurate regarding some underlying mechanisms of the spiritual side of the universe. Reincarnation, once dismissed by majority but preached by Monadism, has been determined to be what naturally happens to spirits in [[the Aether]] that remain too bound to their former material lives. Matter has been discovered to bind and hold spirits to it in the fashion described by Monadism. While many other Monadist beliefs (such as the Aether being the soul and original form of the universe) remain unproven, these discoveries only swelled the numbers of the followers of the Monad. === Cosmogony === According to Monadist beliefs, in the beginning, there was only [[the Aether]] - and it was perfect, immaculate, timeless and uniform. But the Aether was not just the plane of existence, but as the plane of souls, it was itself an enormous soul, spirit of the universe itself, called the [[Monad]]. For eternity, the Monad contemplated its own perfection and existed in a state free of suffering or worry. Suddenly, for a brief moment, the Monad doubted its own perfection, and from this Doubt arose Fear. That Fear, the first particle different from everything else, became separated and grew even more as the Monad noticed the blemish. In time, it became the [[Demiurge]] - an entity that defined divinity but at the same time was more than any of the future gods. It was the god of gods, the ultimate deity that gave rise to the material universe. Seeing the uniformity of the Aether as wrong, Demiurge used his divine powers to cut out a piece of the Aether and bound it in a new, material form. This way, the nascent material universe was formed, first as a mass of undifferentiated matter. Demiurge gave it direction and laws of physics that directed its evolution and over countless aeons, the universe formed galaxies, stars and planets and eventually, life. Although for the material universe it was billions of years, for the Demiurge it was like days. He saw the diversity of life and was proud of his creation and considered himself the one, true god. When life first grew complex enough to be able to contemplate is own existence as he once did, he saw it fit to show them his true power and make them worship him. But these aliens, on a distant planet beyond the observable edge of the universe, refused to worship the Demiurge, seeing him as merely another man, just one far older than them. Then, Wrath grew in his heart, and that Wrath turned into Evil. As he smote the aliens who dared to refuse him, he grew disgusted with what he's become. He cast the Evil out to the deepest recesses of the Aether, giving rise to [[Hell]] and [[demon]]s. It is believed the Monad rests in a state similar to a coma, with most of its soul fragmented and imprisoned in living beings. As Monadists believe, once one realized his role as part of the greater whole, the soul of the universe, his soul will reunite with the Monad and as more souls rejoin it, the Monad will finally reawaken. Until then, their souls will remain bound to material universe and stuck coming back to the material lives they cannot leave behind. Meanwhile, the Demiurge is believed to rule the material universe as a god would rule his divine domain. Hardly omnipotent, he is believed to rule from a distant planet just beyond the edge of the observable universe, where he and his cadre of faithful, immortal servants live depraved lives. While they're happy, their lives are ultimately illusions and will expire when all matter decays into nothingness at the end of times. === Titans === Formal Monadist literature makes little mention of the [[Titan]]s and gives them no grand role in the cosmic scheme of things. However, as on many worlds Monadism spread to Titans were considered (dead) gods as creators of various races, popular belief started to incorporate them into the mythological narrative. It became common to depict them as the immortal agents serving the Demiurge and maintaining his order throughout the material universe. Although it was officially condemned as intolerant of an alien race, the belief persisted for a long time. Only recently the more advanced analysis of surviving Titan art mostly dispersed the superstition. [[Category:Religions]] 4b463f06bf8f5bf850c363532549ef97e5d8f875 230 229 2016-03-13T15:55:35Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki '''Monadism''' is the most popular religion in the [[Gnadra Sector]], boasting over a trillion adherents, though the number has been often disputed as a too liberal interpretation of what constitutes an adherent. A pantheistic and tolerant religion, it spread quickly throughout the known space and found fertile ground on many worlds of varying races. Today, its priests and temples, vaguely similar to a mix of [[Christianity|Christian]] and [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] aesthetics, are a popular sight in many unaligned worlds, as well powerful empires. Some worlds accept it as a state religion, although its detachment from politics makes it rare. == Origin == Monadism was founded [[157|1718 years ago]] on a lesser [[Gnadra Confederacy|Gnadra]] world of [[Robadon VI]] among the [[dwarf|dwarven]], [[human]], [[goliath]] and [[molekin]] miners of this arid world. The dwarf known as [[Fergus Ailenmar]] was fired from his job for alleged poor performance, which led to his self-seclusion in a distant cavern, where he meditated for long hours on the nature of existence. When he eventually emerged, he was a changed man, proclaiming news of his discovery of the truth of the universe. In practice, his teachings were not particularly revolutionary, and highly based on a number of natural religions brought to Robadon VI by the migrant workers. He incorporated elements of goliath pantheism, molekin gnosticism and human divine reverence with his own non-theistic belief in the union of spirit. == Beliefs == Mainstream Monadism is a very permissive, tolerant religion concentrated on self-perfection and unity with the universe. It has few strong commandments, telling its adherents only to seek to better themselves, to lead happy lives and to not harm others. Most monadists seek to reveal mystic truths of the universe through meditation, though varied other practices are also common. Devout Monadists seek to "open everyone's eyes" and in the regions where they're less dominant, they became known for their door-to-door evangelism, attempting to distribute their religious pamphlets, hoping to "save everyone's souls from the unending prison of the mortal flesh". Many of the spiritual beliefs of Monadism have been later determined to be accurate regarding some underlying mechanisms of the spiritual side of the universe. Reincarnation, once dismissed by majority but preached by Monadism, has been determined to be what naturally happens to spirits in [[the Aether]] that remain too bound to their former material lives. Matter has been discovered to bind and hold spirits to it in the fashion described by Monadism. While many other Monadist beliefs (such as the Aether being the soul and original form of the universe) remain unproven, these discoveries only swelled the numbers of the followers of the Monad. === Cosmogony === According to Monadist beliefs, in the beginning, there was only [[the Aether]] - and it was perfect, immaculate, timeless and uniform. But the Aether was not just the plane of existence, but as the plane of souls, it was itself an enormous soul, spirit of the universe itself, called the [[Monad]]. For eternity, the Monad contemplated its own perfection and existed in a state free of suffering or worry. Suddenly, for a brief moment, the Monad doubted its own perfection, and from this Doubt arose Fear. That Fear, the first particle different from everything else, became separated and grew even more as the Monad noticed the blemish. In time, it became the [[Demiurge]] - an entity that defined divinity but at the same time was more than any of the future gods. It was the god of gods, the ultimate deity that gave rise to the material universe. Seeing the uniformity of the Aether as wrong, Demiurge used his divine powers to cut out a piece of the Aether and bound it in a new, material form. This way, the nascent material universe was formed, first as a mass of undifferentiated matter. Demiurge gave it direction and laws of physics that directed its evolution and over countless aeons, the universe formed galaxies, stars and planets and eventually, life. Although for the material universe it was billions of years, for the Demiurge it was like days. He saw the diversity of life and was proud of his creation and considered himself the one, true god. When life first grew complex enough to be able to contemplate is own existence as he once did, he saw it fit to show them his true power and make them worship him. But these aliens, on a distant planet beyond the observable edge of the universe, refused to worship the Demiurge, seeing him as merely another man, just one far older than them. Then, Wrath grew in his heart, and that Wrath turned into Evil. As he smote the aliens who dared to refuse him, he grew disgusted with what he's become. He cast the Evil out to the deepest recesses of the Aether, giving rise to [[Hell]] and [[demon]]s. It is believed the Monad rests in a state similar to a coma, with most of its soul fragmented and imprisoned in living beings. As Monadists believe, once one realized his role as part of the greater whole, the soul of the universe, his soul will reunite with the Monad and as more souls rejoin it, the Monad will finally reawaken. Until then, their souls will remain bound to material universe and stuck coming back to the material lives they cannot leave behind. Meanwhile, the Demiurge is believed to rule the material universe as a god would rule his divine domain. Hardly omnipotent, he is believed to rule from a distant planet just beyond the edge of the observable universe, where he and his cadre of faithful, immortal servants live depraved lives. While they're happy, their lives are ultimately illusions and will expire when all matter decays into nothingness at the end of times. === Titans === Formal Monadist literature makes little mention of the [[Titan]]s and gives them no grand role in the cosmic scheme of things. However, as on many worlds Monadism spread to Titans were considered (dead) gods as creators of various races, popular belief started to incorporate them into the mythological narrative. It became common to depict them as the immortal agents serving the Demiurge and maintaining his order throughout the material universe. Although it was officially condemned as intolerant of an alien race, the belief persisted for a long time. Only recently the more advanced analysis of surviving Titan art mostly dispersed the superstition. == Structure == Monadism places little emphasis on formal church structure, leading to many separated, independent communities. However, formally a group of high priests known as the [[Conclave]] sits at the top of the Monadist hierarchy and establishes which dogmas and moral guides are considered canonical and supported by the official community. Under the Conclave lies an irregular structure of hierophants and high priests who generally elect from among themselves leaders for the settlement, the region and the world and, where applicable, the multi-planet state. Priests are not considered any more saint or virtuous than any other mortal, and their authority lies solely in forwarding the words of the Conclave or past religious leaders. [[Category:Religions]] 5ae2bdb76d76c9851e8e10e41d3036e571e64130 0 2 231 2 2016-04-18T19:55:09Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki The '''Aether''' is a [[coterminous]] [[plane]] of existence which can be accessed everywhere in the known universe. Like all coterminous planes, it underlines the entire universe, but laws of physics within it are different and can therefore be used to certain beneficial ends. Despite every point in the Aether being connected to a correspondent point in the [[material plane]], the distances between those points are much, much shorter, greatly shortening travel times between worlds, which would otherwise take thousands if not millions of years. Civilization in [[the Galaxy]] have used this particular property of the Aether to their advantage since time immemorial, from the [[Titans]] to every modern day star-spanning empire. The Aether is filled with a thick, misty substance also called [[aether (substance)|aether]]. It has unique properties, conducing great amounts of energy at little risk and effort. Although it cannot be maintained in its natural state in the material plane, always dissipating into seemingly nothing, accessing the Aether to process aether into a powerful energy source was another staple of galactic technology. Despite its volatility, a few ancient cultures have been known to process aether into a stable form that maintains its cohesiveness in the material plane, known as [[astral diamonds]]. Only [[Titans]], [[akashics]] and [[Yellowstone Progenitors]] are known to be able to produce astral diamonds, with only akashics still extant in the present day, although not sharing their methods. Although newly minted astral diamonds contain unimaginable amounts of energy, most known astral diamonds have already spent all of their energy and remain merely extremely rare and extremely valuable objects sometimes used as a high-end currency for particularly expensive transactions. Although the Aether gives the galactic civilizations many blessings, it is not without dangers. It is also a spiritual plane where many [[spirits]] migrate towards upon death of their mortal bodies. Most spirits are not powerful, virtuous or vile enough to be of any threat to astral travelers, becoming merely specters wandering around with little recollection of their former lives. However, few spirits retain enough malice or magical power to manifest as powerful entities that can ambush and kill unwary travelers. When one's mortal body is slain in the Aether, the spirit remains imprisoned within it, making for a particularly nasty [[afterlife]]. The Aether is also allegedly the location of [[Heaven]] and [[Hell]], located at the "top" and "bottom" of the plane, although no one has ever visited these places and lived to tell the tale (a few alleged heroes who got their loved ones back from Hell notwithstanding). The Aether is a dimension shaped by belief, therefore there is no commonly agreed upon appearance. Although aether, when taken to the material plane, becomes a colorless, transparent mist in its natural state it appears to be a different color, and sometimes density, depending on the observer. More maritime oriented cultures see it as blue and watery, while more religious individuals, standing right next to the former, will report seeing a white-gold misty substance. Some report purple and green thick clouds or orange-red light. Because it is shaped by belief, a spirit powerful enough (living or dead) may exert their will to extract and isolate small [[pocket dimension]]s within the Aether. Small domains have been reported under command of powerful mages, but the most famous ones are [[divine domains]] shaped by [[gods]] and their worshipers. Within his domain, a god is even more powerful than on the material plane, being virtually omnipotent. Because of its association with afterlife and gods, Aether is crucially important to many religions. Of particular note is [[Monadism]] which believes the Aether to be "the soul of the universe" and the ultimate expression of divinity. Monadism worships the Aether and sees merging back into it and losing individuality to that process as their ultimate reward. Once all the souls merge back into the Aether, it's supposed to wake up and remain perfect and timeless forever. {{stub}} [[Category:Planes of existence]] [[Category:Coterminous planes]] [[Category:Spiritual planes]] [[Category:Afterlife]] 03b1101203a5dad6744827cc6f6d47e8604b6884 0 82 233 2016-04-23T22:42:21Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "{{Infobox Race |name=Orc |image=Orc.jpg |type=[[Humanoid]] |origin=Unknown |size=Medium |height=1,6-2m |lifespan=60 years |climate=Any terrestrial |abilities=TBD |worlds=Vom..." wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox Race |name=Orc |image=Orc.jpg |type=[[Humanoid]] |origin=Unknown |size=Medium |height=1,6-2m |lifespan=60 years |climate=Any terrestrial |abilities=TBD |worlds=[[Vommahn]], [[Zatz]], [[Nephil]], [[Saroth]] and [[:Category:Orcish worlds|more]] }} '''Orcs''' are a race of [[humanoid]]s spread across many worlds, especially the [[Unknown Regions]] and [[Liminus Sector]]. Speculated to have common descent from one source world deep within the Unknown Regions, orcs lost all memory of their origin and went native on many worlds they formerly conquered or colonized. Orcs usually remain technologically primitive, turning to shamanism and simple metal tools, with the sole remnant of their former power being myths of descending from the stars. == Biology == Orcs are medium-sized humanoids, on average slightly taller and more powerfully built than [[human]]s. Their powerful muscles give them greater strength without much exercise, and in combination with their culture often demanding physical prowess, they are a physical powerhouse. Orcs, regardless of subrace, display near-perfect anatomical fit for the planets they live on, including resistance to cold or adaptation towards specific gravity. This trait leads to speculation of being descended from genetically engineered colonists. == Subraces == Because biological traits are often perfectly fit into their world of origin, orcs are traditionally divided into subraces named after colors they resemble, and the cultural traits typical for said orcish ethnicity. * [[Grey orc]]s are probably the most popular orcish race and also the most reviled one. A typical grey orc is an honorless, opportunistic warrior or warlock with little regard for both fellow orc and other humanoids. When grey orcs band together, it's usually to join their strengths against common enemies. * [[Green orc]]s are an almost perfect opposite of grey orcs, and the other most populous orcish subrace. Honorable warriors and wise shamans, green orcs keep to the background of their worlds and most often show only when other orcs bring them into wars, or when they're hired as mercenaries. * [[Brown orc]]s are the most contrasting type, being peaceful and in union with nature. They are both most likely and least likely to develop centralized civilizations, as they either keep to caves and forests to remain close to nature, or construct vast cities of stone where they craft architectural wonders. * [[Scrounge orc]]s are perhaps the least numerous but the most troublesome. Speculated to be degenerate descendants of [[Scro]], scroungers are often dubbed "space locusts" (when that term isn't used for some goblin varieties). These orcs are large, unintelligent brutes who descend upon worlds for no particular reason and kill and destroy to satiate their warped desires. They paint their ships red to make them go faster, and surprisingly, it works in [[the Aether]]. {{Races}} [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Major races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] [[Category:Natural races]] bf01e52f454800c89d481e2672dc64ad08a04677 0 83 236 2016-05-14T18:46:23Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "{{Infobox Race |name=Craner |image=Craner.jpg |type=[[Humanoid]] |origin=Natural |size=Medium |height=1,6-1,8m not counting the neck |lifespan=90 years |climate=Arid terrestri..." wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox Race |name=Craner |image=Craner.jpg |type=[[Humanoid]] |origin=Natural |size=Medium |height=1,6-1,8m not counting the neck |lifespan=90 years |climate=Arid terrestrial |abilities=TBD |worlds=[[Hushh]] }} '''Craners''' are a race of [[humanoid]]s hailing from [[Hushh]] who defy classical taxonomy. Possessing characteristics of avians, mammals and arthropods as well as completely unique traits, they are one of the more alien races on the galactic scene. Originating from a single world and not possessing a powerful state, craners are a rare but always memorable sight. == Biology == Craners are vaguely humanoid, possessing a clearly delineated torso, arms, legs and a tail, but this is where the similarities end. They do not possess a real head. Instead, from the top of their torso sprouts an over 120 cm long neck, atop of which rests a head-like appendage called a "pseudocephalus". That appendage is not a head - it has no brain, and the only sensory organs on it are a large, sharp beak with a forked tongue, as well as a single eyestalk crowning the entire creature. The neck and pseudocephalus evolved to let the primitive craners reach higher into the tree tops for grazing. The real face and brain rest inside the large, oval torso of the individual. Craners have a pair of deep-seated eyes on the upper part of their torso, as well as two cat-like ears to the sides, just above their shoulders. They have no mouth or nose, breathing through their entire skin and speaking through reverberation of their outer skin layers (the beak on top is used only for eating). Craners possess a pair of arms, but they hatch without them and grow them in the first two years of their lives. Occasionally, one in 100,000 individuals, will fail to grow their arms. Since craners evolved from herd herbivores, their first instinct towards these disabled individuals is one of care and assistance. Each disabled craner can be seen attended by a couple of people who try to help their sick and wounded. Some of these disabled craners purchase magical items that simulate the use of hands in order to become independent from the constant crowds of nannies. Craners also possess a pair of strong, stumpy legs and a heavy tail pulled behind them (and therefore always clothed). Craner torso appears elastic and soft from outside, thanks to the reverberating membranes of their outer skin layers and the thick, soft down covering their entire body. Deeper inside they are protected with an internal carapace which surrounds all their internal organs. The organs are tightly packed together and kept cool with a network of air-veins connecting to the oxygen-bearing skin layers. Craners are oviparous and monogamous. They marry for life and do not usually remarry even after a spouse's death. They do not appear to have much in terms of sexual dimorphism for an outside observer, but craners tell each other's genders by observing how their skin reverberates and some subtle differences in down patterns. Females typically hum in lower-pitched, deeper tones - traditionally associated with males among mammals, leading to much confusion among aliens. == Culture == Craners have a number of differing cultures and minor religious differences (mostly being of unorganized shamanistic faiths). However, the culture most would recognize as typically craner is called Binjae. Binjae craners wear thick clothing covering most of their torso and limbs (including the tail) and keep their neck and pseudocephalus uncovered. They cover their real face (that is, body surface directly around the eyes) with elaborate masks that cover their main eyes. Binjae are very private in their customs, considering talking to one's real face a rare privilege one earns only in close friendship. Neck and pseudocephalus are considered 'unclean' and are not to be touched by other people unless absolutely necessary. They are kept uncovered as their public face one talks to when among people they don't know. Their word for the pseudocephalus could be translated as 'facade' - a fake image kept up for the public. Indeed, Binjae craners often have two different personalities - one seen by outsiders, and one seen by close friends and family. [[Category:Uncategorized races]] [[Category:Natural races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] [[Category:Races]] c1b46184b2340618c8062d72024138817028443f 243 236 2017-01-19T14:29:49Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox Race |name=Craner |image=Craner.jpg |type=[[Humanoid]] |origin=Natural |size=Medium |height=1,6-1,8m not counting the neck |lifespan=90 years |climate=Arid terrestrial |abilities=TBD |worlds=[[Hushh]] }} '''Craners''' are a race of [[humanoid]]s hailing from [[Hushh]] who defy classical taxonomy. Possessing characteristics of avians, mammals and arthropods as well as completely unique traits, they are one of the more alien races on the galactic scene. Originating from a single world and not possessing a powerful state, craners are a rare but always memorable sight. == Biology == Craners are vaguely humanoid, possessing a clearly delineated torso, arms, legs and a tail, but this is where the similarities end. They do not possess a real head. Instead, from the top of their torso sprouts an over 120 cm long neck, atop of which rests a head-like appendage called a "pseudocephalus". That appendage is not a head - it has no brain, and the only sensory organs on it are a large, sharp beak with a forked tongue, as well as a single eyestalk crowning the entire creature. The neck and pseudocephalus evolved to let the primitive craners reach higher into the tree tops for grazing. The real face and brain rest inside the large, oval torso of the individual. Craners have a pair of deep-seated eyes on the upper part of their torso, as well as two cat-like ears to the sides, just above their shoulders. They have no mouth or nose, breathing through their entire skin and speaking through reverberation of their outer skin layers (the beak on top is used only for eating). Craners possess a pair of arms, but they hatch without them and grow them in the first two years of their lives. Occasionally, one in 100,000 individuals, will fail to grow their arms. Since craners evolved from herd herbivores, their first instinct towards these disabled individuals is one of care and assistance. Each disabled craner can be seen attended by a couple of people who try to help their sick and wounded. Some of these disabled craners purchase magical items that simulate the use of hands in order to become independent from the constant crowds of nannies. Craners also possess a pair of strong, stumpy legs and a heavy tail pulled behind them (and therefore always clothed). Craner torso appears elastic and soft from outside, thanks to the reverberating membranes of their outer skin layers and the thick, soft down covering their entire body. Deeper inside they are protected with an internal carapace which surrounds all their internal organs. The organs are tightly packed together and kept cool with a network of air-veins connecting to the oxygen-bearing skin layers. Craners are oviparous and monogamous. They marry for life and do not usually remarry even after a spouse's death. They do not appear to have much in terms of sexual dimorphism for an outside observer, but craners tell each other's genders by observing how their skin reverberates and some subtle differences in down patterns. Females typically hum in lower-pitched, deeper tones - traditionally associated with males among mammals, leading to much confusion among aliens. == Culture == Craners have a number of differing cultures and minor religious differences (mostly being of unorganized shamanistic faiths). However, the culture most would recognize as typically craner is called Binjae. Binjae craners wear thick clothing covering most of their torso and limbs (including the tail) and keep their neck and pseudocephalus uncovered. They cover their real face (that is, body surface directly around the eyes) with elaborate masks that cover their main eyes. Binjae are very private in their customs, considering talking to one's real face a rare privilege one earns only in close friendship. Neck and pseudocephalus are considered 'unclean' and are not to be touched by other people unless absolutely necessary. They are kept uncovered as their public face one talks to when among people they don't know. Their word for the pseudocephalus could be translated as 'facade' - a fake image kept up for the public. Indeed, Binjae craners often have two different personalities - one seen by outsiders, and one seen by close friends and family. [[Category:Uncategorized races]] [[Category:Natural races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] [[Category:Races]] {{Races}} e9a45563e1ee74f0cfdd80aa46543c125f8f1f2b 0 84 238 2016-06-02T13:14:48Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "{{Infobox Race |name=Paprot |image=Paprot.jpg |type=[[Plant]] |origin=Natural |size=Large |height=2,2-2,6m |lifespan=180 years |climate=Humid terrestrial |abilities=TBD |world..." wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox Race |name=Paprot |image=Paprot.jpg |type=[[Plant]] |origin=Natural |size=Large |height=2,2-2,6m |lifespan=180 years |climate=Humid terrestrial |abilities=TBD |worlds=[[Tatarak]] }} '''Paprots''' are a race of sentient, [[non-humanoid]] [[plant races|plant]] beings native to planet [[Tatarak]] in the [[Lampa]] system in the [[Liminus Sector]]. One of the more alien races populating the civilized galaxy, paprots have bizarre biology unique to their world and lead nomadic, philosophical lives. Despite the differences, paprots are highly tolerant and consider all life - event non-sentient one - to be equal. == Culture == Paprots are nomadic creatures. They spend most of their life wandering the forests of Tatarak and slowly feeding on the trees and foliage. While they're grazing, they like to use their intellect on contemplating life and the universe. The arrival of [[mercane]] traders who established paprot contacts with the Galaxy has only strengthened this aspect of their culture, giving them more material to dwell on. Although many consider slow, contemplative paprots to be infuriating, their unique insights into philosophy attracted certain schools of scholars to Tatarak. [[Monadism|Monadist]] preachers also like to use paprots as example of life that we should all lead - without attachment to physical universe, a life spent on contemplation - paprots themselves rarely sign up for organized religions of any kind. Two large subcultures of paprots are known. A group known as 'caretakers' are a sworn-in order of paprots who take care of their young. After pollination, paprots carry their seedlings to special, designated 'youth forests' where they are watered and otherwise taken care of by old, experienced paprots. When they uproot and are ready to take on the usual paprot lifestyle, the caretakers make sure to give them a good start in life. Caretakers are usually more reserved and slightly xenophobic, fearing aliens might corrupt the growing young. The other subculture only emerged after alien contact. These paprots have taken to some alien habits, like building shelter and gathering material wealth. Known as 'hoarders' to other paprots (yet nevertheless enjoying the same respect as aliens) they maintain the few trading centers on Tatarak. Hoarders take a unique spin on the galactic culture, letting moss and grass grow into their buildings and furniture, still remaining one with nature despite taking on a more materialistic lifestyle. Hoarders especially enjoy jewelry and alien art - be it philosophical books, holy scripture or paintings of creatures they only heard about. == Biology == Paprots possess a plant-like anatomy, although they are not technically plants by [[Earth]] or other Titan world standards. They have a tough, wooden semi-flexible exterior which grows on their backs leaves and flowers which are used in aerial pollination. Much like standard plants, they're hermaphrodites, possessing flowers of both genders on their backs. They're capable of photosynthesis. Yet much unlike standard plants, they're mobile and clearly heterotrophic (being known for their habit of grazing). Their stature resembles an elephant more than it resembles any known plant. Because photosynthesis does not produce enough energy to satisfy their needs, they have to supplement it with external plant matter. Unlike non-Tatarak plants, their internal issue is also much more differentiated, leading to organs with highly specific functions, including nervous tissue. Clumps of nervous tissue along the creature's head and back (up to the 'tail', in fact easily irritable nerve endings) are sophisticated enough to give them sentience. Paprots communicate through a fairly standard language, using sounds created through a series of empty chambers within their wooden bodies. The last chamber, located in their heads, leads straight to the mouth, much like in traditional animals. They also possess six light receptors on the front of their heads, functioning as their eyes. Paprots move using four inflexible trunk-limbs with irregular root-toes. The limb has no knees and therefore cannot bend, but it can be pulled into the body if the paprot needs to get closer to the ground. Every paprot's 'toes' are different in shape, size and count, often being compared to human or dwarf fingerprints. Instead of hands, paprots use a set of two highly elastic prehensile twigs growing from the middle of their backs. The twigs resemble fern plants, can change length, are highly flexible and end in three to four 'fingers', giving paprots manual acuity equal to or exceeding that of humans. Paprots are capable of taking on any class that does not collide with their anatomy, like [[monk]]s and [[rogue]]s. {{Races}} [[Category:Plant races]] [[Category:Natural races]] [[Category:Large races]] [[Category:Paprots]] [[Category:Unique races]] 394f6d0cc5978ebc302b26fb9fa3f60de6d1b591 6 85 239 2016-06-02T13:15:32Z Verroak 24955056 Paprot concept art wikitext text/x-wiki Paprot concept art 884434e9c19560aa63bfb9234310277d30ac1788 0 86 241 2017-01-19T14:22:16Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "'''Gullards''' are a race of predatory, bipedal, flightless avians from [[Chowin]], known for their resemblance to seagulls. Once the dominant race of their world, they are re..." wikitext text/x-wiki '''Gullards''' are a race of predatory, bipedal, flightless avians from [[Chowin]], known for their resemblance to seagulls. Once the dominant race of their world, they are reduced to small, native populations living in the wilderness or hired guns. == Biology == The main race of gullards resembles herring upright herring gulls, with the exception of shorter tails, bigger eyes and another pair of sharp-taloned arms in place of wings. They are predatory and aggressive in nature, but history reduced them to either technology-shunning native tribes or opportunistic scavengers with a reputation for cannibalism. Another, smaller race of gullards more closely resembles black-headed gulls, with the same exception as above, as well as not possessing the namesake black heads. Much less aggressive in nature, they are nevertheless still scavengers who prefer to live off the scraps thrown out by the human civilizations. == History == Gullards, specifically the high gullards, were once the dominant race of [[Chowin]]. The very name of the world comes allegedly from some word in one of their now-forgotten languages misheard by the primitive [[human]]s. According to archaeological evidence, they had a number of large empires sprawling all over the globe, but clinging to seas, oceans, large rivers and big archipelagos. Around 6,000 years ago, they reached the level of late Iron Age. They hunted [[human]]s and [[gnome]]s for sport and food, pushing them deeper into the continents and into the less fertile lands. Around 6,000 years ago, humans began expanding and raiding the gullard civilizations. Eventually, the intensity of these increasingly organized raids led the gullard civilizations to a total collapse. Because Gullard languages and writing were completely incomprehensible to humans, they engages in a complete extermination of the race and its culture. The race itself only very narrowly avoided the fate by escaping to the same backwoods they once pushed humans to, but their ancient languages and art were completely wiped off the face of the planet. For a few brief centuries, a number of warlord human kingdoms popped up in the former centers of gullard civilizations. Those kingdoms were very unstable and often changed names and expanded and shrunk with every season. Little is known of these kingdoms, but a few names survive in myths and modern literature, recounting the tales of the Forgotten Kings. This system eventually collapsed, and all of [[Chowin]] devolved into a Dark Age of tribalism and technological obscurantism. About 3,700 years ago new human civilizations grew out of the Dark Age, holding gullards of old in contemptuous myth. Gullards, of both races, continued to be persecuted, often being expelled from various kingdoms and civilizations. It was only about two centuries ago that they were commonly accepted into cities, but the masses still fear their size, sharp beaks and talons, and predatory nature. In the modern wars of the [[Chowinese Revolution]], gullards are often used as expendable storm troopers who can quickly rip through whole corps of unprepared infantry with ease. [[Category:Avian races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] 65bd864a8eacf995c6d9bd9d1e8c0d7ada5f86d8 242 241 2017-01-19T14:22:46Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki '''Gullards''' are a race of predatory, bipedal, flightless avians from [[Chowin]], known for their resemblance to seagulls. Once the dominant race of their world, they are reduced to small, native populations living in the wilderness or hired guns. == Biology == The main race of gullards resembles herring upright herring gulls, with the exception of shorter tails, bigger eyes and another pair of sharp-taloned arms in place of wings. They are predatory and aggressive in nature, but history reduced them to either technology-shunning native tribes or opportunistic scavengers with a reputation for cannibalism. Another, smaller race of gullards more closely resembles black-headed gulls, with the same exception as above, as well as not possessing the namesake black heads. Much less aggressive in nature, they are nevertheless still scavengers who prefer to live off the scraps thrown out by the human civilizations. == History == Gullards, specifically the high gullards, were once the dominant race of [[Chowin]]. The very name of the world comes allegedly from some word in one of their now-forgotten languages misheard by the primitive [[human]]s. According to archaeological evidence, they had a number of large empires sprawling all over the globe, but clinging to seas, oceans, large rivers and big archipelagos. Around 6,000 years ago, they reached the level of late Iron Age. They hunted [[human]]s and [[gnome]]s for sport and food, pushing them deeper into the continents and into the less fertile lands. Around 6,000 years ago, humans began expanding and raiding the gullard civilizations. Eventually, the intensity of these increasingly organized raids led the gullard civilizations to a total collapse. Because Gullard languages and writing were completely incomprehensible to humans, they engages in a complete extermination of the race and its culture. The race itself only very narrowly avoided the fate by escaping to the same backwoods they once pushed humans to, but their ancient languages and art were completely wiped off the face of the planet. For a few brief centuries, a number of warlord human kingdoms popped up in the former centers of gullard civilizations. Those kingdoms were very unstable and often changed names and expanded and shrunk with every season. Little is known of these kingdoms, but a few names survive in myths and modern literature, recounting the tales of the Forgotten Kings. This system eventually collapsed, and all of [[Chowin]] devolved into a Dark Age of tribalism and technological obscurantism. About 3,700 years ago new human civilizations grew out of the Dark Age, holding gullards of old in contemptuous myth. Gullards, of both races, continued to be persecuted, often being expelled from various kingdoms and civilizations. It was only about two centuries ago that they were commonly accepted into cities, but the masses still fear their size, sharp beaks and talons, and predatory nature. In the modern wars of the [[Chowinese Revolution]], gullards are often used as expendable storm troopers who can quickly rip through whole corps of unprepared infantry with ease. [[Category:Avian races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] {{Races}} 43faee5c9ba85bd358ff17986a171f27b81c4100 244 242 2017-01-19T14:39:16Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox Race |name=Gullard |image=Gullard.jpg |type=[[Humanoid]] |origin=Natural |size=Medium |height=1,8-2m |lifespan=65 years |climate=Humid terrestrial |abilities=TBD |worlds=[[Chowin]] }} '''Gullards''' are a race of predatory, bipedal, flightless avians from [[Chowin]], known for their resemblance to seagulls. Once the dominant race of their world, they are reduced to small, native populations living in the wilderness or hired guns. == Biology == The main race of gullards resembles herring upright herring gulls, with the exception of shorter tails, bigger eyes and another pair of sharp-taloned arms in place of wings. They are predatory and aggressive in nature, but history reduced them to either technology-shunning native tribes or opportunistic scavengers with a reputation for cannibalism. Another, smaller race of gullards more closely resembles black-headed gulls, with the same exception as above, as well as not possessing the namesake black heads. Much less aggressive in nature, they are nevertheless still scavengers who prefer to live off the scraps thrown out by the human civilizations. == History == Gullards, specifically the high gullards, were once the dominant race of [[Chowin]]. The very name of the world comes allegedly from some word in one of their now-forgotten languages misheard by the primitive [[human]]s. According to archaeological evidence, they had a number of large empires sprawling all over the globe, but clinging to seas, oceans, large rivers and big archipelagos. Around 6,000 years ago, they reached the level of late Iron Age. They hunted [[human]]s and [[gnome]]s for sport and food, pushing them deeper into the continents and into the less fertile lands. Around 6,000 years ago, humans began expanding and raiding the gullard civilizations. Eventually, the intensity of these increasingly organized raids led the gullard civilizations to a total collapse. Because Gullard languages and writing were completely incomprehensible to humans, they engages in a complete extermination of the race and its culture. The race itself only very narrowly avoided the fate by escaping to the same backwoods they once pushed humans to, but their ancient languages and art were completely wiped off the face of the planet. For a few brief centuries, a number of warlord human kingdoms popped up in the former centers of gullard civilizations. Those kingdoms were very unstable and often changed names and expanded and shrunk with every season. Little is known of these kingdoms, but a few names survive in myths and modern literature, recounting the tales of the Forgotten Kings. This system eventually collapsed, and all of [[Chowin]] devolved into a Dark Age of tribalism and technological obscurantism. About 3,700 years ago new human civilizations grew out of the Dark Age, holding gullards of old in contemptuous myth. Gullards, of both races, continued to be persecuted, often being expelled from various kingdoms and civilizations. It was only about two centuries ago that they were commonly accepted into cities, but the masses still fear their size, sharp beaks and talons, and predatory nature. In the modern wars of the [[Chowinese Revolution]], gullards are often used as expendable storm troopers who can quickly rip through whole corps of unprepared infantry with ease. [[Category:Avian races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] {{Races}} 01a9f95828da8368c164f0911a4c1dcb6396f4b5 274 244 2017-09-09T11:31:31Z 83.11.155.2 0 /* Biology */ wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox Race |name=Gullard |image=Gullard.jpg |type=[[Humanoid]] |origin=Natural |size=Medium |height=1,8-2m |lifespan=65 years |climate=Humid terrestrial |abilities=TBD |worlds=[[Chowin]] }} '''Gullards''' are a race of predatory, bipedal, flightless avians from [[Chowin]], known for their resemblance to seagulls. Once the dominant race of their world, they are reduced to small, native populations living in the wilderness or hired guns. == Biology == The main race of gullards resembles upright herring gulls, with the exception of shorter tails, bigger eyes and another pair of sharp-taloned arms in place of wings. They are predatory and aggressive in nature, but history reduced them to either technology-shunning native tribes or opportunistic scavengers with a reputation for cannibalism. Another, smaller race of gullards more closely resembles black-headed gulls, with the same exception as above, as well as not possessing the namesake black heads. Much less aggressive in nature, they are nevertheless still scavengers who prefer to live off the scraps thrown out by the human civilizations. == History == Gullards, specifically the high gullards, were once the dominant race of [[Chowin]]. The very name of the world comes allegedly from some word in one of their now-forgotten languages misheard by the primitive [[human]]s. According to archaeological evidence, they had a number of large empires sprawling all over the globe, but clinging to seas, oceans, large rivers and big archipelagos. Around 6,000 years ago, they reached the level of late Iron Age. They hunted [[human]]s and [[gnome]]s for sport and food, pushing them deeper into the continents and into the less fertile lands. Around 6,000 years ago, humans began expanding and raiding the gullard civilizations. Eventually, the intensity of these increasingly organized raids led the gullard civilizations to a total collapse. Because Gullard languages and writing were completely incomprehensible to humans, they engages in a complete extermination of the race and its culture. The race itself only very narrowly avoided the fate by escaping to the same backwoods they once pushed humans to, but their ancient languages and art were completely wiped off the face of the planet. For a few brief centuries, a number of warlord human kingdoms popped up in the former centers of gullard civilizations. Those kingdoms were very unstable and often changed names and expanded and shrunk with every season. Little is known of these kingdoms, but a few names survive in myths and modern literature, recounting the tales of the Forgotten Kings. This system eventually collapsed, and all of [[Chowin]] devolved into a Dark Age of tribalism and technological obscurantism. About 3,700 years ago new human civilizations grew out of the Dark Age, holding gullards of old in contemptuous myth. Gullards, of both races, continued to be persecuted, often being expelled from various kingdoms and civilizations. It was only about two centuries ago that they were commonly accepted into cities, but the masses still fear their size, sharp beaks and talons, and predatory nature. In the modern wars of the [[Chowinese Revolution]], gullards are often used as expendable storm troopers who can quickly rip through whole corps of unprepared infantry with ease. [[Category:Avian races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] {{Races}} 52568400a0f76c5fe138d18b35715066de279455 0 87 245 2017-02-26T22:55:09Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "{{Infobox Race |name=Goliath |image=Goliath.jpg |type=[[Humanoid]] |origin=Titanic |size=Medium |height=2-2,5m |lifespan=100 years |climate=Dry terrestrial |abilities=TBD |wor..." wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox Race |name=Goliath |image=Goliath.jpg |type=[[Humanoid]] |origin=Titanic |size=Medium |height=2-2,5m |lifespan=100 years |climate=Dry terrestrial |abilities=TBD |worlds=[[Mars]], [[Vommahn]] and [[:Category:Goliath worlds|more]] }} '''Goliaths''' are a race of [[humanoid]]s on the upper end of Medium size range. Tall and powerfully built, physical prowess comes easy to goliaths. As a Titanic race, they were originally created as one of many templates of creatures serving in [[Titan]] installations although their purpose is unclear. According to some, they were originally warriors and guardians, protecting the facilities. According to others, they are simply a degenerate, shrunk form of the larger Watcher constructs. On any worlds where they have significant numbers, they rarely rise to political prominence, often remaining in tribal and clan structures. == Biology == Goliaths are extremely tall for a Medium creature, some particularly big individuals actually fitting Large category. They're tall and naturally stronger than humans, however they do not show propensity for war-like mentality or domination, often leaving them in simple, tribal structures. Goliaths are notable for traces of the stone they were originally made from remaining in their system, mainly in bones and skin. The mineral gives various shades of their skin, as well as unique patterns and growths on the epidermis. These patterns are unique for every goliath and often believed to have prophetic qualities, foretelling the great deeds - or misdeeds - the individual will perform. This "dermatological divination" is an art goliaths on many worlds develop independently and among scientific community is mostly considered baseless. The same mineral element also gives their hair a coarse, wiry sensation. Some humanoid races find it disqueting, while goliaths find it the peak of beauty. Psychologically, goliaths express high propensity to competitiveness. They often strive to be the best in what they do and go out of their way to find challenges. Their cultural past times often include sacred sporting competitions. The more intelligent individuals will pursue the most optimal possible strategy for their challenges with an obsessive and compulsive zeal. == Subraces == Goliaths are typically categorized by the mineral still present in their system and the coloration it gives them. These subraces are often associated with specific cultural traits, although they are frequently mismatched. * [[Sandstone goliath]]s are the most populous. Dark haired, brown skinned with even darker shade of their patterns, they are the most likely group to stay tribal and focused on physical sports. * [[Marble goliath]]s are the second most populous subrace and the most striking one in appearance. With white skin and black patterns and hair, they can be sometimes mistaken from afar for [[darfellan]]s. Unlike many other goliath tribes, marble ones are likely to build civilizations and congregate in large cities of shining, white stone. They find the release of their competitive urges in architecture and science. * [[Granite goliath]]s are the most war-like subrace. Black skinned, with lighter grey patterns, they are frequently seen as mercenaries who compete for the number of kills done personally. There are no known large granite communities but mercenaries of their race instinctively stick together and form tight-knit groups even in otherwise diverse companies. * [[Terracotta goliath]]s are red-skinned and red-haired and are often nomadic storytellers and philosophers. They enjoy collecting the stories of other races and retelling them to their kin, as well as making up their own stories based on what they heard around the universe. In some cases, it expresses itself in the form of compulsive lying. {{Races}} [[Category:Races]] [[Category:Major races]] [[Category:Humanoid races]] [[Category:Titanic races]] b4db4c87cb7741aac20c32888f96f2e5a5b89c74 0 88 246 2017-03-12T21:16:44Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "Mansate of Sachra, ruled by Mansas, philosopher kings. Sachra, capital, city carved in the rock (like Petra)." wikitext text/x-wiki Mansate of Sachra, ruled by Mansas, philosopher kings. Sachra, capital, city carved in the rock (like Petra). 676d2147624698826c5afc783a5098898748ba1d 247 246 2017-03-12T21:30:01Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{stub}} A few thousands of years ago Mevandon was going through a phase of increased volcanic activity, coupled with increasing desertification. Some say it was caused by gravitational influence from Mevandon's binary moons, [[the Dancers]]. Some say the Dancers, worshiped as gods on Mevandon, were punishing the people below for not holding their sacred laws. Both theories could be true. One way or another, a new prophet arose who proclaimed the Dancers to be wrathful demons and the only way to escape them was salvation on another world. There is another inhabited planet in the solar system, called [[Vommahn]]. When the two planets got particularly close by (and you could see Vommahn's polar caps from Mevandon with a naked eye) the prophet's mages opened portals to Vommahn. Millions escaped, fearing end of the world, and settled on the new world. Well, conquered would be a better word because it was already inhabited but Mevandonians didn't care. As fate would have it, not long after the exodus, Mevandon stabilized. It still became a drier planet overall, but the places formerly haunted by volcanoes became more fertile and civilization on the now depopulated world bloomed once again. Perhaps the Dancers were happy the people they hated left. One way or another, for almost 3000 years the two worlds went their separate ways. Remaining Mevandonians were convinced the Exiles met their doom in the Cold Hells. The Exiles, now Vommahni, were convinced Mevandon died in the fires of Armageddon. About a century ago, the planets passed through another alignment. Curious Vommahni mages opened portals back to their old homeworld and to their surprise, they found it still living and with their former religious enemies now thriving in a new era of prosperity they never achieved in their eternally quarreling feudal kingdoms. The Hierophant of Vommahn, a successor of the prophet, proclaimed it was the will of the Sun to take back their old world (and plunder all the riches they gathered). And as such, twenty years later, the [[First Mevandonian Crusade]] began. Now, eighty years after the first crusade, both worlds are worse for it. Pieces of Mevandon have been carved out by the invaders who keep quarreling back on Vommahn over the spoils brought through the portals. And the once enlightened Mevandon is falling back to a religious barbarism, spurred by the hatred and slaughter the Vommahni bring. As the interstellar community discovers them and various actors aid the warring factions, the Mevandonian Crusades will either flare up and consume the two worlds, or finally end. --- Mansate of Sachra, ruled by Mansas, philosopher kings. Sachra, capital, city carved in the rock (like Petra). [[Category:Worlds]] 2c97d4591ec15e7f4efde8533c68b7eb5fbdc211 248 247 2017-03-12T21:31:50Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{stub}} '''Mevandon:''' Brown orcs, dark-skinned humans, high elves, trox '''Vommahn:''' White and (literally) yellow humans, grey orcs, wood elves, crions (ram people) A few thousands of years ago Mevandon was going through a phase of increased volcanic activity, coupled with increasing desertification. Some say it was caused by gravitational influence from Mevandon's binary moons, [[the Dancers]]. Some say the Dancers, worshiped as gods on Mevandon, were punishing the people below for not holding their sacred laws. Both theories could be true. One way or another, a new prophet arose who proclaimed the Dancers to be wrathful demons and the only way to escape them was salvation on another world. There is another inhabited planet in the solar system, called [[Vommahn]]. When the two planets got particularly close by (and you could see Vommahn's polar caps from Mevandon with a naked eye) the prophet's mages opened portals to Vommahn. Millions escaped, fearing end of the world, and settled on the new world. Well, conquered would be a better word because it was already inhabited but Mevandonians didn't care. As fate would have it, not long after the exodus, Mevandon stabilized. It still became a drier planet overall, but the places formerly haunted by volcanoes became more fertile and civilization on the now depopulated world bloomed once again. Perhaps the Dancers were happy the people they hated left. One way or another, for almost 3000 years the two worlds went their separate ways. Remaining Mevandonians were convinced the Exiles met their doom in the Cold Hells. The Exiles, now Vommahni, were convinced Mevandon died in the fires of Armageddon. About a century ago, the planets passed through another alignment. Curious Vommahni mages opened portals back to their old homeworld and to their surprise, they found it still living and with their former religious enemies now thriving in a new era of prosperity they never achieved in their eternally quarreling feudal kingdoms. The Hierophant of Vommahn, a successor of the prophet, proclaimed it was the will of the Sun to take back their old world (and plunder all the riches they gathered). And as such, twenty years later, the [[First Mevandonian Crusade]] began. Now, eighty years after the first crusade, both worlds are worse for it. Pieces of Mevandon have been carved out by the invaders who keep quarreling back on Vommahn over the spoils brought through the portals. And the once enlightened Mevandon is falling back to a religious barbarism, spurred by the hatred and slaughter the Vommahni bring. As the interstellar community discovers them and various actors aid the warring factions, the Mevandonian Crusades will either flare up and consume the two worlds, or finally end. --- Mansate of Sachra, ruled by Mansas, philosopher kings. Sachra, capital, city carved in the rock (like Petra). [[Category:Worlds]] 70bed90da76aca85ad5da740a742694a1852ebcd 0 89 250 2017-03-30T18:23:30Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "'''Heinvald Schickel-Gruber''', the Terminator, used to be an [[Irden]] (space dwarf) field commander. Like everyone else in their military, he claimed to be there to fulfill..." wikitext text/x-wiki '''Heinvald Schickel-Gruber''', the Terminator, used to be an [[Irden]] (space dwarf) field commander. Like everyone else in their military, he claimed to be there to fulfill his duty. The real reason was that he just loved killing. Unfortunately for him, he served during the time when no great wars happened. One day, he suffered a terrible accident during troop training and died a horrible death. His body was unrecognizable. Because it wasn't his body. He faked his death to start an independent career. Abandoning his real name and adopting the moniker of the Terminator, he became an assassin for hire. They say he is an expert at using every weapon known to dwarf, man, or any other race in [[the Galaxy]]. He can score a headshot with a crossbow from half a mile away. He's beaten the second best swordsman in the Galaxy, [[Kyosh Yonki]], an [[oni]] four times his size. It's said [[giff]] bow before him in respect of his skill with a firearm. It would eventually come out who he really was. To avoid embarrassments, Irden leadership sent assassins after him. They all failed, in spectacular ways. Heinvald would eventually create his own group of assassins, all of which he trains personally. Gruff and sarcastic, his pupils hate him and love him at the same time. They hate the training he puts them though, but when it finishes, they would kill themselves at his single command. Now, a powerful Crime Lord, he picks and chooses his contracts at his whim. More than once he would come into conflict with a rogue from [[Earth]], [[Joe Gall]], a common trickster. Although not nearly his match in physical prowess, Gall always somehow wins, or at least escapes with his life. The Terminator never hated anyone - he loved killing, no matter who - but he's slowly starting to hate Gall. [[Category:Characters]] [[Category:Irden]] [[Category:Dwarves]] [[Category:Iron dwarves]] 1e38e8f66192c8e42c466efbe27b9a00df5e91e7 0 90 251 2017-03-30T18:24:10Z Verroak 24955056 Redirected page to [[Heinvald Shickel-Gruber]] wikitext text/x-wiki #REDIRECT[[Heinvald Shickel-Gruber]] ce9112f89a97530fec1d7ba2d947d54b1800ded2 10 29 254 158 2017-04-10T18:02:29Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse" ! [[Sol System]] |- | [[The Sun]] - [[Mercury]] - [[Venus]] - [[Earth]] ([[Earth's moon|Moon]]) - [[Mars]] - [[Sol asteroid belt|Asteroid belt]] - [[Jupiter]] - [[Saturn]] - [[Uranus]] - [[Neptune]] - [[Kuiper belt]] - [[Nemesis]] |- | '''Related nearby worlds:''' [[Helias]] - [[Panchaea]] - [[Taprobana]] - [[Polaris System]] |} 4967aa58d5e5301e314740cfba1985939d39b2c6 255 254 2017-04-10T18:12:48Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse" ! 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[[Sol System]] |- | [[The Sun]] - [[Mercury]] - [[Venus]] - [[Earth]] ([[Earth's moon|Moon]]) - [[Mars]] - [[Sol asteroid belt|Asteroid belt]] - [[Jupiter]] - [[Saturn]] - [[Uranus]] - [[Neptune]] - [[Kuiper belt]] - [[Nemesis]] |- | '''Related nearby worlds:''' [[Helias]] - [[Panchaea]] - [[Taprobana]] - [[Sigu Tolo]] - [[Polaris System]] - [[Hebdom System]] |} a8927360fbb459100a67cb6fb205bc07b288b58f 0 77 256 220 2017-04-10T23:18:02Z Verroak 24955056 /* History */ wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Jupiter |image=Jupiter.jpg |type=Gas Giant |day length=10 hours |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -108° C |gravity=Very High |atmosphere=Hydrogen, Helium |moons=67 ([[Io]], [[Europa]], [[Ganymede]], [[Callisto]]) }} '''Jupiter''' is a gas giant and the biggest planet in the [[Sol System]] in [[Unknown Regions]]. As a gas giant outside its star's usual habitable zone, Jupiter is inhabited only by scant, hydrogen-breathing floater fauna and flora with little room for development of advanced life forms or habitation for most known sentient life forms. Nevertheless, it's important for the Sol System because of its influence and its large, planet-sized moons. == History == Home to mostly primitive life forms floating in its hydrogen clouds, Jupiter itself was left alone until the [[Titan]]s arrived in [[the Galaxy]]. It's unknown how many facilities were placed within Jupiter's atmosphere, rings and moons but one energy signature remains intact, still emitting energy from the heart of a giant, planet-sized hurricane on the southern hemisphere of Jupiter, the famous Great Red Spot. It's unknown if the spot is that old, or if the facility creates it, or even if it's created on purpose or merely clouds clumping around the artificially suspended structure. Because of its influence and great, planet-sized moons tidally heated to habitable temperatures, various Earth gods have taken interest in Jupiter. A number of transplanted populations originating from [[Earth]] lives within the Jupiter system, with no contact with the current Earth society. == Moons == Jupiter has no stable geography as it lacks a solid surface like most gas giants, but it has four large, planet-sized, inhabited moons. === [[Io]] === One of the few worlds of [[demon world|demon]] type with little influence from actual demons, Io is a highly volcanically active world, heated to the point of melting rock by Jupiter's massive tides. Because of the temperature and poisonous atmosphere, most [[humanoid]]s cannot survive on its surface, but scattered, nomadic populations of alien pyrophiles managed to make their way there. Io's constantly shifting surface frequently brings up buried minerals and other goods, which these populations eagerly harvest and sell to other worlds in Jupiter's system. :: ''More in the [[Io]] article.'' === [[Europa]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Europa |image=Europa.jpg |type=Ice/Ocean |population=3 million |day length=3,5 Earth days (85 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -5° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Merfolk]], [[Locathah]], [[Telchin]], [[Cetalia]], [[Lektin]] |affiliation=Divided }} Europa is a frozen oceanic world, whose surface is permanently covered in ice, with few cracks and surface posts linking the enormous, subsurface ocean to the surface. Seemingly devoid of life when viewed from the outside, Europa is nevertheless blooming with various aquatic life forms beneath the cover of ice. Most of the inhabitants of Europa seem to be transplanted from Earth or other worlds in the Sol System, including [[merfolk]] from Earth and [[cetalia]] from [[Luna]]. A few races seem unique to Europa, including a local variant of [[locathah]]s and a race called [[lektin]]s which seems alien to Europa but has never been seen on other worlds. // *More coming* // ==== History ==== Charting a detailed history of Europa is hard. Most of the native races and civilizations don't keep long, detailed histories, being more concerned with the present. Nevertheless, a few mythic accounts of the moon's history survive, albeit as it is usual with myths, their historicity can be dubious. The [[ichthys]] of Europa are the best source on this, being undoubtedly the oldest and possibly the only native race to the moon. They believe Europa is subject to cosmic cycles which always bring new people to their world. They speak of an ancient era when all that was in the world was sea and the inhospitable darkness beyond it. That is when "father" (as they refer to Jupiter) covered Europa with ice to protect it and only then life could develop under the ice and ichthys appeared after the sea spat them out. However, they were not alone - [[lektin]] lived on the ice above (the myth does not specify how they were created) and one day, the cycle ran its course and lektin descended under the ice and took over Europa. Some claim this myth proves alien origin of the lektin. Lektin, however, were wasteful and they did not take the gifts of the sea graciously. The sea grew angry and powerful storms smashed their cities as ice rained from above. The cycle ended again and a new arrival came in "great, gleaming ships" - the [[cetalia]] from Earth's moon. Modern Moon's cetalia are not known to be technological, but [[silver elves]] may not have developed their rudimentary aether-sailing technology, leading to speculation cetalia were once technologically advanced and briefly colonized other worlds in the [[Sol System]]. Cetalia abandoned their cities one day and took to wandering across the oceans, the myth continues to say. The cycle ended again and new arrival came, this time [[merfolk]] of Earth, escaping "menacing ice dwellers". As ichthys did not have a word for land for the longest time, it's speculated these merfolk were escaping [[Atlantis|Atlantean]] oppression. They built the greatest cities that still stand to this day and now unite their own kind with ichthys and lektin. Ichthys believe the cycle will soon end again with the coming of "dry creatures" that will finish the cycle and take ichthys out into the 'darkness beyond', leaving Europa a dead ball of ice - the prophecy sometimes speculated to refer to humans or another space invader that will not assimilate into Europa's culture. === [[Ganymede]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Ganymede |image=Ganymede.jpg |type=Snow |population=7 million |day length=7,155 Earth days (172 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= 8° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Human]], [[Spart]], [[Myrmidon]] |affiliation=Divided }} The most Earth-like of Jupiter's moons, Ganymede was a wild world of snow-capped mountains and chilly seas until [[Zeus]], Jupiter's namesake, took interest in it and transplanted a number of descendants of his and his lover's Ganymede's. These Ganymedeans now rule most of the world from castles located in high peaks overlooking valleys filled with special, magical farms which remain warm and fertile despite the cold of Jupiter's system. Ganymedeans were also given a set of dragon's teeth which were sown and grown into local [[Spart]]s. They have since became independent and engaged in a never-ending conflict with another transplanted Earth race, [[Myrmidon]]s, ant people once created by Zeus to replace a dead island's population. ==== History ==== Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur? === [[Callisto]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Callisto |image=Callisto.jpg |type=Snow |population=4 million |day length=16,6 Earth days (400,5 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -4° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide |species=[[Human]], [[Elf]], [[Sphinx]] |capital=? |government=? |rulers=? |settlements=? |languages=? |religions=? |affiliation=? }} Unlike most worlds in Jupiter's system, Callisto was once home to a [[Titan]] facility, speculated to a repository of knowledge for their research on Jupiter. A population of [[anthrosphinx]]es was left behind after the facility became defunct and evolved into Callisto's sole sentient race before the arrival of [[Amazon]]s. Presumably attracted to another matriarchal race, Earth goddess [[Artemis]] transplanted a population of descendants of hers and her lover's (and moon's namesake) Callisto. Despite being otherwise human, these Amazons are apparently capable of parthogenesis - there are no men among them, yet they easily reproduce on their own from families of two females. Since the Amazons' arrival, a race of naturalized lampades turned into a native race of [[dark elf|dark elves]]. ==== History ==== Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur? {{Stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Gas giants]] [[Category:Uninhabited worlds]] [[Category:Worlds with inhabited moons]] 159207d861258977b80c9a8a734ef4b347920fdd 258 256 2017-04-14T00:36:04Z Verroak 24955056 /* History */ wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Jupiter |image=Jupiter.jpg |type=Gas Giant |day length=10 hours |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -108° C |gravity=Very High |atmosphere=Hydrogen, Helium |moons=67 ([[Io]], [[Europa]], [[Ganymede]], [[Callisto]]) }} '''Jupiter''' is a gas giant and the biggest planet in the [[Sol System]] in [[Unknown Regions]]. As a gas giant outside its star's usual habitable zone, Jupiter is inhabited only by scant, hydrogen-breathing floater fauna and flora with little room for development of advanced life forms or habitation for most known sentient life forms. Nevertheless, it's important for the Sol System because of its influence and its large, planet-sized moons. == History == Home to mostly primitive life forms floating in its hydrogen clouds, Jupiter itself was left alone until the [[Titan]]s arrived in [[the Galaxy]]. It's unknown how many facilities were placed within Jupiter's atmosphere, rings and moons but one energy signature remains intact, still emitting energy from the heart of a giant, planet-sized hurricane on the southern hemisphere of Jupiter, the famous Great Red Spot. It's unknown if the spot is that old, or if the facility creates it, or even if it's created on purpose or merely clouds clumping around the artificially suspended structure. Because of its influence and great, planet-sized moons tidally heated to habitable temperatures, various Earth gods have taken interest in Jupiter. A number of transplanted populations originating from [[Earth]] lives within the Jupiter system, with no contact with the current Earth society. == Moons == Jupiter has no stable geography as it lacks a solid surface like most gas giants, but it has four large, planet-sized, inhabited moons. === [[Io]] === One of the few worlds of [[demon world|demon]] type with little influence from actual demons, Io is a highly volcanically active world, heated to the point of melting rock by Jupiter's massive tides. Because of the temperature and poisonous atmosphere, most [[humanoid]]s cannot survive on its surface, but scattered, nomadic populations of alien pyrophiles managed to make their way there. Io's constantly shifting surface frequently brings up buried minerals and other goods, which these populations eagerly harvest and sell to other worlds in Jupiter's system. :: ''More in the [[Io]] article.'' === [[Europa]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Europa |image=Europa.jpg |type=Ice/Ocean |population=3 million |day length=3,5 Earth days (85 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -5° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Merfolk]], [[Locathah]], [[Telchin]], [[Cetalia]], [[Lektin]] |affiliation=Divided }} Europa is a frozen oceanic world, whose surface is permanently covered in ice, with few cracks and surface posts linking the enormous, subsurface ocean to the surface. Seemingly devoid of life when viewed from the outside, Europa is nevertheless blooming with various aquatic life forms beneath the cover of ice. Most of the inhabitants of Europa seem to be transplanted from Earth or other worlds in the Sol System, including [[merfolk]] from Earth and [[cetalia]] from [[Luna]]. A few races seem unique to Europa, including a local variant of [[locathah]]s and a race called [[lektin]]s which seems alien to Europa but has never been seen on other worlds. // *More coming* // ==== History ==== Charting a detailed history of Europa is hard. Most of the native races and civilizations don't keep long, detailed histories, being more concerned with the present. Nevertheless, a few mythic accounts of the moon's history survive, albeit as it is usual with myths, their historicity can be dubious. The [[ichthys]] of Europa are the best source on this, being undoubtedly the oldest and possibly the only native race to the moon. They believe Europa is subject to cosmic cycles which always bring new people to their world. They speak of an ancient era when all that was in the world was sea and the inhospitable darkness beyond it. That is when "father" (as they refer to Jupiter) covered Europa with ice to protect it and only then life could develop under the ice and ichthys appeared after the sea spat them out. However, they were not alone - [[lektin]] lived on the ice above (the myth does not specify how they were created) and one day, the cycle ran its course and lektin descended under the ice and took over Europa. Some claim this myth proves alien origin of the lektin. Lektin, however, were wasteful and they did not take the gifts of the sea graciously. The sea grew angry and powerful storms smashed their cities as ice rained from above. The cycle ended again and a new arrival came in "great, gleaming ships" - the [[cetalia]] from Earth's moon. Modern Moon's cetalia are not known to be technological, but [[silver elves]] may not have developed their rudimentary aether-sailing technology, leading to speculation cetalia were once technologically advanced and briefly colonized other worlds in the [[Sol System]]. Cetalia abandoned their cities one day and took to wandering across the oceans, the myth continues to say. The cycle ended again and new arrival came, this time [[merfolk]] of Earth, escaping "menacing ice dwellers". As ichthys did not have a word for land for the longest time, it's speculated these merfolk were escaping [[Atlantis|Atlantean]] oppression. They built the greatest cities that still stand to this day and now unite their own kind with ichthys and lektin. Ichthys believe the cycle will soon end again with the coming of "dry creatures" that will finish the cycle and take ichthys out into the 'darkness beyond', leaving Europa a dead ball of ice - the prophecy sometimes speculated to refer to humans or another space invader that will not assimilate into Europa's culture. === [[Ganymede]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Ganymede |image=Ganymede.jpg |type=Snow |population=7 million |day length=7,155 Earth days (172 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= 8° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Human]], [[Spart]], [[Myrmidon]] |affiliation=Divided }} The most Earth-like of Jupiter's moons, Ganymede was a wild world of snow-capped mountains and chilly seas until [[Zeus]], Jupiter's namesake, took interest in it and transplanted a number of descendants of his and his lover's Ganymede's. These Ganymedeans now rule most of the world from castles located in high peaks overlooking valleys filled with special, magical farms which remain warm and fertile despite the cold of Jupiter's system. Ganymedeans were also given a set of dragon's teeth which were sown and grown into local [[Spart]]s. They have since became independent and engaged in a never-ending conflict with another transplanted Earth race, [[Myrmidon]]s, ant people once created by Zeus to replace a dead island's population. ==== History ==== When [[Zeus]] first took interest in the Jupiter system over 3000 years ago, the only semi-sentient inhabitants of Ganymede was a race of talking, non-technological corvids. It was mostly a chilly world covered in snow most of its long year. When Zeus abducted Ganymede from Earth, he allegedly impregnated the boy through divine magic and left him in a golden castle in one of numerous valleys of the moon. Zeus then terraformed the moon in a single night, making it slightly warmer and spreading flowers and cereal plants across the surface. To make sure there was someone to till the land, he would turn the local ants into a [[Myrmidon|race of ant-people]] and to protect and serve Ganymede and his descendants, he would give the boy a set of dragon teeth that once sown would sprout into [[Spart]]s. The Ganymedean chronicles say that for seven generations, descendants of Ganymede lived in peace and expanded through the moon's surface, founding many of the castles and cities of modern Ganymede. However, then Ganymede died after a magically prolonged life and his descendants, without any line of succession or other guidance, began fighting each other for supremacy. After Sparts burned the fields one too many times, Myrmidons rebelled and founded their own kingdoms, led only by their corpulent queens. Eventually, many of Ganymede's descendants would find themselves poor enough to have to till the land themselves, replacing the rebellious Myrmidons. After centuries, the resulting kingdoms would evolve into separate nations that now dominate Ganymede. Scholars doubt the accuracy of this mythical story, citing that the moon's population could not reach millions in the given time, starting from one man, no matter how many children he birthed from this thigh. They theorize many more people were brought to Ganymede from Earth, either with Ganymede himself or at a later date. === [[Callisto]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Callisto |image=Callisto.jpg |type=Snow |population=4 million |day length=16,6 Earth days (400,5 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -4° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide |species=[[Human]], [[Elf]], [[Sphinx]] |capital=? |government=? |rulers=? |settlements=? |languages=? |religions=? |affiliation=? }} Unlike most worlds in Jupiter's system, Callisto was once home to a [[Titan]] facility, speculated to a repository of knowledge for their research on Jupiter. A population of [[anthrosphinx]]es was left behind after the facility became defunct and evolved into Callisto's sole sentient race before the arrival of [[Amazon]]s. Presumably attracted to another matriarchal race, Earth goddess [[Artemis]] transplanted a population of descendants of hers and her lover's (and moon's namesake) Callisto. Despite being otherwise human, these Amazons are apparently capable of parthogenesis - there are no men among them, yet they easily reproduce on their own from families of two females. Since the Amazons' arrival, a race of naturalized lampades turned into a native race of [[dark elf|dark elves]]. ==== History ==== Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur? {{Stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Gas giants]] [[Category:Uninhabited worlds]] [[Category:Worlds with inhabited moons]] 05ea9b8c6844920191db6b240d055f1e9a9a7400 260 258 2017-04-14T20:59:30Z Verroak 24955056 /* History */ wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Jupiter |image=Jupiter.jpg |type=Gas Giant |day length=10 hours |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -108° C |gravity=Very High |atmosphere=Hydrogen, Helium |moons=67 ([[Io]], [[Europa]], [[Ganymede]], [[Callisto]]) }} '''Jupiter''' is a gas giant and the biggest planet in the [[Sol System]] in [[Unknown Regions]]. As a gas giant outside its star's usual habitable zone, Jupiter is inhabited only by scant, hydrogen-breathing floater fauna and flora with little room for development of advanced life forms or habitation for most known sentient life forms. Nevertheless, it's important for the Sol System because of its influence and its large, planet-sized moons. == History == Home to mostly primitive life forms floating in its hydrogen clouds, Jupiter itself was left alone until the [[Titan]]s arrived in [[the Galaxy]]. It's unknown how many facilities were placed within Jupiter's atmosphere, rings and moons but one energy signature remains intact, still emitting energy from the heart of a giant, planet-sized hurricane on the southern hemisphere of Jupiter, the famous Great Red Spot. It's unknown if the spot is that old, or if the facility creates it, or even if it's created on purpose or merely clouds clumping around the artificially suspended structure. Because of its influence and great, planet-sized moons tidally heated to habitable temperatures, various Earth gods have taken interest in Jupiter. A number of transplanted populations originating from [[Earth]] lives within the Jupiter system, with no contact with the current Earth society. == Moons == Jupiter has no stable geography as it lacks a solid surface like most gas giants, but it has four large, planet-sized, inhabited moons. === [[Io]] === One of the few worlds of [[demon world|demon]] type with little influence from actual demons, Io is a highly volcanically active world, heated to the point of melting rock by Jupiter's massive tides. Because of the temperature and poisonous atmosphere, most [[humanoid]]s cannot survive on its surface, but scattered, nomadic populations of alien pyrophiles managed to make their way there. Io's constantly shifting surface frequently brings up buried minerals and other goods, which these populations eagerly harvest and sell to other worlds in Jupiter's system. :: ''More in the [[Io]] article.'' === [[Europa]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Europa |image=Europa.jpg |type=Ice/Ocean |population=3 million |day length=3,5 Earth days (85 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -5° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Merfolk]], [[Locathah]], [[Telchin]], [[Cetalia]], [[Lektin]] |affiliation=Divided }} Europa is a frozen oceanic world, whose surface is permanently covered in ice, with few cracks and surface posts linking the enormous, subsurface ocean to the surface. Seemingly devoid of life when viewed from the outside, Europa is nevertheless blooming with various aquatic life forms beneath the cover of ice. Most of the inhabitants of Europa seem to be transplanted from Earth or other worlds in the Sol System, including [[merfolk]] from Earth and [[cetalia]] from [[Luna]]. A few races seem unique to Europa, including a local variant of [[locathah]]s and a race called [[lektin]]s which seems alien to Europa but has never been seen on other worlds. // *More coming* // ==== History ==== Charting a detailed history of Europa is hard. Most of the native races and civilizations don't keep long, detailed histories, being more concerned with the present. Nevertheless, a few mythic accounts of the moon's history survive, albeit as it is usual with myths, their historicity can be dubious. The [[ichthys]] of Europa are the best source on this, being undoubtedly the oldest and possibly the only native race to the moon. They believe Europa is subject to cosmic cycles which always bring new people to their world. They speak of an ancient era when all that was in the world was sea and the inhospitable darkness beyond it. That is when "father" (as they refer to Jupiter) covered Europa with ice to protect it and only then life could develop under the ice and ichthys appeared after the sea spat them out. However, they were not alone - [[lektin]] lived on the ice above (the myth does not specify how they were created) and one day, the cycle ran its course and lektin descended under the ice and took over Europa. Some claim this myth proves alien origin of the lektin. Lektin, however, were wasteful and they did not take the gifts of the sea graciously. The sea grew angry and powerful storms smashed their cities as ice rained from above. The cycle ended again and a new arrival came in "great, gleaming ships" - the [[cetalia]] from Earth's moon. Modern Moon's cetalia are not known to be technological, but [[silver elves]] may not have developed their rudimentary aether-sailing technology, leading to speculation cetalia were once technologically advanced and briefly colonized other worlds in the [[Sol System]]. Cetalia abandoned their cities one day and took to wandering across the oceans, the myth continues to say. The cycle ended again and new arrival came, this time [[merfolk]] of Earth, escaping "menacing ice dwellers". As ichthys did not have a word for land for the longest time, it's speculated these merfolk were escaping [[Atlantis|Atlantean]] oppression. They built the greatest cities that still stand to this day and now unite their own kind with ichthys and lektin. Ichthys believe the cycle will soon end again with the coming of "dry creatures" that will finish the cycle and take ichthys out into the 'darkness beyond', leaving Europa a dead ball of ice - the prophecy sometimes speculated to refer to humans or another space invader that will not assimilate into Europa's culture. === [[Ganymede]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Ganymede |image=Ganymede.jpg |type=Snow |population=7 million |day length=7,155 Earth days (172 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= 8° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Human]], [[Spart]], [[Myrmidon]] |affiliation=Divided }} The most Earth-like of Jupiter's moons, Ganymede was a wild world of snow-capped mountains and chilly seas until [[Zeus]], Jupiter's namesake, took interest in it and transplanted a number of descendants of his and his lover's Ganymede's. These Ganymedeans now rule most of the world from castles located in high peaks overlooking valleys filled with special, magical farms which remain warm and fertile despite the cold of Jupiter's system. Ganymedeans were also given a set of dragon's teeth which were sown and grown into local [[Spart]]s. They have since became independent and engaged in a never-ending conflict with another transplanted Earth race, [[Myrmidon]]s, ant people once created by Zeus to replace a dead island's population. ==== History ==== When [[Zeus]] first took interest in the Jupiter system over 3000 years ago, the only semi-sentient inhabitants of Ganymede was a race of talking, non-technological corvids. It was mostly a chilly world covered in snow most of its long year. When Zeus abducted Ganymede from Earth, he allegedly impregnated the boy through divine magic and left him in a golden castle in one of numerous valleys of the moon. Zeus then terraformed the moon in a single night, making it slightly warmer and spreading flowers and cereal plants across the surface. To make sure there was someone to till the land, he would turn the local ants into a [[Myrmidon|race of ant-people]] and to protect and serve Ganymede and his descendants, he would give the boy a set of dragon teeth that once sown would sprout into [[Spart]]s. The Ganymedean chronicles say that for seven generations, descendants of Ganymede lived in peace and expanded through the moon's surface, founding many of the castles and cities of modern Ganymede. However, then Ganymede died after a magically prolonged life and his descendants, without any line of succession or other guidance, began fighting each other for supremacy. After Sparts burned the fields one too many times, Myrmidons rebelled and founded their own kingdoms, led only by their corpulent queens. Eventually, many of Ganymede's descendants would find themselves poor enough to have to till the land themselves, replacing the rebellious Myrmidons. After centuries, the resulting kingdoms would evolve into separate nations that now dominate Ganymede. Scholars doubt the accuracy of this mythical story, citing that the moon's population could not reach millions in the given time, starting from one man, no matter how many children he birthed from this thigh. They theorize many more people were brought to Ganymede from Earth, either with Ganymede himself or at a later date. One later migration happened a thousand years ago, when a small group of Welshmen from Britain on Earth arrived through a malfunctioning ancient elven portal. Bringing with them insular Christianity, these Welshmen would blend with the hero cult of Ganymede and create a syncretic religion. Descendants of these people now call themselves Gimmerans and maintain a separate culture, one more concerned with tradition and far less permissive than other Ganymedeans. === [[Callisto]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Callisto |image=Callisto.jpg |type=Snow |population=4 million |day length=16,6 Earth days (400,5 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -4° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide |species=[[Human]], [[Elf]], [[Sphinx]] |capital=? |government=? |rulers=? |settlements=? |languages=? |religions=? |affiliation=? }} Unlike most worlds in Jupiter's system, Callisto was once home to a [[Titan]] facility, speculated to a repository of knowledge for their research on Jupiter. A population of [[anthrosphinx]]es was left behind after the facility became defunct and evolved into Callisto's sole sentient race before the arrival of [[Amazon]]s. Presumably attracted to another matriarchal race, Earth goddess [[Artemis]] transplanted a population of descendants of hers and her lover's (and moon's namesake) Callisto. Despite being otherwise human, these Amazons are apparently capable of parthogenesis - there are no men among them, yet they easily reproduce on their own from families of two females. Since the Amazons' arrival, a race of naturalized lampades turned into a native race of [[dark elf|dark elves]]. ==== History ==== Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur? {{Stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Gas giants]] [[Category:Uninhabited worlds]] [[Category:Worlds with inhabited moons]] 5ab0578d57595e6c67af68e7532a3e3bcd101738 261 260 2017-04-15T20:49:17Z Verroak 24955056 /* History */ wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Jupiter |image=Jupiter.jpg |type=Gas Giant |day length=10 hours |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -108° C |gravity=Very High |atmosphere=Hydrogen, Helium |moons=67 ([[Io]], [[Europa]], [[Ganymede]], [[Callisto]]) }} '''Jupiter''' is a gas giant and the biggest planet in the [[Sol System]] in [[Unknown Regions]]. As a gas giant outside its star's usual habitable zone, Jupiter is inhabited only by scant, hydrogen-breathing floater fauna and flora with little room for development of advanced life forms or habitation for most known sentient life forms. Nevertheless, it's important for the Sol System because of its influence and its large, planet-sized moons. == History == Home to mostly primitive life forms floating in its hydrogen clouds, Jupiter itself was left alone until the [[Titan]]s arrived in [[the Galaxy]]. It's unknown how many facilities were placed within Jupiter's atmosphere, rings and moons but one energy signature remains intact, still emitting energy from the heart of a giant, planet-sized hurricane on the southern hemisphere of Jupiter, the famous Great Red Spot. It's unknown if the spot is that old, or if the facility creates it, or even if it's created on purpose or merely clouds clumping around the artificially suspended structure. Because of its influence and great, planet-sized moons tidally heated to habitable temperatures, various Earth gods have taken interest in Jupiter. A number of transplanted populations originating from [[Earth]] lives within the Jupiter system, with no contact with the current Earth society. == Moons == Jupiter has no stable geography as it lacks a solid surface like most gas giants, but it has four large, planet-sized, inhabited moons. === [[Io]] === One of the few worlds of [[demon world|demon]] type with little influence from actual demons, Io is a highly volcanically active world, heated to the point of melting rock by Jupiter's massive tides. Because of the temperature and poisonous atmosphere, most [[humanoid]]s cannot survive on its surface, but scattered, nomadic populations of alien pyrophiles managed to make their way there. Io's constantly shifting surface frequently brings up buried minerals and other goods, which these populations eagerly harvest and sell to other worlds in Jupiter's system. :: ''More in the [[Io]] article.'' === [[Europa]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Europa |image=Europa.jpg |type=Ice/Ocean |population=3 million |day length=3,5 Earth days (85 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -5° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Merfolk]], [[Locathah]], [[Telchin]], [[Cetalia]], [[Lektin]] |affiliation=Divided }} Europa is a frozen oceanic world, whose surface is permanently covered in ice, with few cracks and surface posts linking the enormous, subsurface ocean to the surface. Seemingly devoid of life when viewed from the outside, Europa is nevertheless blooming with various aquatic life forms beneath the cover of ice. Most of the inhabitants of Europa seem to be transplanted from Earth or other worlds in the Sol System, including [[merfolk]] from Earth and [[cetalia]] from [[Luna]]. A few races seem unique to Europa, including a local variant of [[locathah]]s and a race called [[lektin]]s which seems alien to Europa but has never been seen on other worlds. // *More coming* // ==== History ==== Charting a detailed history of Europa is hard. Most of the native races and civilizations don't keep long, detailed histories, being more concerned with the present. Nevertheless, a few mythic accounts of the moon's history survive, albeit as it is usual with myths, their historicity can be dubious. The [[ichthys]] of Europa are the best source on this, being undoubtedly the oldest and possibly the only native race to the moon. They believe Europa is subject to cosmic cycles which always bring new people to their world. They speak of an ancient era when all that was in the world was sea and the inhospitable darkness beyond it. That is when "father" (as they refer to Jupiter) covered Europa with ice to protect it and only then life could develop under the ice and ichthys appeared after the sea spat them out. However, they were not alone - [[lektin]] lived on the ice above (the myth does not specify how they were created) and one day, the cycle ran its course and lektin descended under the ice and took over Europa. Some claim this myth proves alien origin of the lektin. Lektin, however, were wasteful and they did not take the gifts of the sea graciously. The sea grew angry and powerful storms smashed their cities as ice rained from above. The cycle ended again and a new arrival came in "great, gleaming ships" - the [[cetalia]] from Earth's moon. Modern Moon's cetalia are not known to be technological, but [[silver elves]] may not have developed their rudimentary aether-sailing technology, leading to speculation cetalia were once technologically advanced and briefly colonized other worlds in the [[Sol System]]. Cetalia abandoned their cities one day and took to wandering across the oceans, the myth continues to say. The cycle ended again and new arrival came, this time [[merfolk]] of Earth, escaping "menacing ice dwellers". As ichthys did not have a word for land for the longest time, it's speculated these merfolk were escaping [[Atlantis|Atlantean]] oppression. They built the greatest cities that still stand to this day and now unite their own kind with ichthys and lektin. Ichthys believe the cycle will soon end again with the coming of "dry creatures" that will finish the cycle and take ichthys out into the 'darkness beyond', leaving Europa a dead ball of ice - the prophecy sometimes speculated to refer to humans or another space invader that will not assimilate into Europa's culture. === [[Ganymede]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Ganymede |image=Ganymede.jpg |type=Snow |population=7 million |day length=7,155 Earth days (172 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= 8° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Human]], [[Spart]], [[Myrmidon]] |affiliation=Divided }} The most Earth-like of Jupiter's moons, Ganymede was a wild world of snow-capped mountains and chilly seas until [[Zeus]], Jupiter's namesake, took interest in it and transplanted a number of descendants of his and his lover's Ganymede's. These Ganymedeans now rule most of the world from castles located in high peaks overlooking valleys filled with special, magical farms which remain warm and fertile despite the cold of Jupiter's system. Ganymedeans were also given a set of dragon's teeth which were sown and grown into local [[Spart]]s. They have since became independent and engaged in a never-ending conflict with another transplanted Earth race, [[Myrmidon]]s, ant people once created by Zeus to replace a dead island's population. ==== History ==== When [[Zeus]] first took interest in the Jupiter system over 3000 years ago, the only semi-sentient inhabitants of Ganymede was a race of talking, non-technological corvids. It was mostly a chilly world covered in snow most of its long year. When Zeus abducted Ganymede from Earth, he allegedly impregnated the boy through divine magic and left him in a golden castle in one of numerous valleys of the moon. Zeus then terraformed the moon in a single night, making it slightly warmer and spreading flowers and cereal plants across the surface. To make sure there was someone to till the land, he would turn the local ants into a [[Myrmidon|race of ant-people]] and to protect and serve Ganymede and his descendants, he would give the boy a set of dragon teeth that once sown would sprout into [[Spart]]s. The Ganymedean chronicles say that for seven generations, descendants of Ganymede lived in peace and expanded through the moon's surface, founding many of the castles and cities of modern Ganymede. However, then Ganymede died after a magically prolonged life and his descendants, without any line of succession or other guidance, began fighting each other for supremacy. After Sparts burned the fields one too many times, Myrmidons rebelled and founded their own kingdoms, led only by their corpulent queens. Eventually, many of Ganymede's descendants would find themselves poor enough to have to till the land themselves, replacing the rebellious Myrmidons. After centuries, the resulting kingdoms would evolve into separate nations that now dominate Ganymede. Scholars doubt the accuracy of this mythical story, citing that the moon's population could not reach millions in the given time, starting from one man, no matter how many children he birthed from this thigh. They theorize many more people were brought to Ganymede from Earth, either with Ganymede himself or at a later date. One later migration happened a thousand years ago, when a small group of Welshmen from Britain on Earth arrived through a malfunctioning ancient elven portal. Bringing with them insular Christianity, these Welshmen would blend with the hero cult of Ganymede and create a syncretic religion. Descendants of these people now call themselves Gimmerans and maintain a separate culture, one more concerned with tradition and far less permissive than other Ganymedeans. === [[Callisto]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Callisto |image=Callisto.jpg |type=Snow |population=4 million |day length=16,6 Earth days (400,5 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -4° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide |species=[[Human]], [[Elf]], [[Sphinx]] |capital=? |government=? |rulers=? |settlements=? |languages=? |religions=? |affiliation=? }} Unlike most worlds in Jupiter's system, Callisto was once home to a [[Titan]] facility, speculated to a repository of knowledge for their research on Jupiter. A population of [[anthrosphinx]]es was left behind after the facility became defunct and evolved into Callisto's sole sentient race before the arrival of [[Amazon]]s. Presumably attracted to another matriarchal race, Earth goddess [[Artemis]] transplanted a population of descendants of hers and her lover's (and moon's namesake) Callisto. Despite being otherwise human, these Amazons are apparently capable of parthogenesis - there are no men among them, yet they easily reproduce on their own from families of two females. Since the Amazons' arrival, a race of naturalized lampades turned into a native race of [[dark elf|dark elves]]. ==== History ==== The anthrosphinxes of Callisto claim to maintain written history of the moon since the Titans' departure. Their written records contain an impressive list of matriarch, whose existence is proven only by said list. Nevertheless, it maintains a list of names slowly evolving towards present day Callistoan sphinx language, suggesting a grain of truth. Besides their pedigree and mundane accomplishments, the list gives little evidence of large scale events on ancient Callisto, if any happened in that period. Eventually, [[Amazon]]s arrive on Callisto, exactly 3091 years ago according to sphinx chroniclers when the goddess [[Artemis]] of Earth followed her father's example and whisked away a number of her followers. Amazons begin immediately fighting the sphinxes over the few fertile lands on the cold, tundra-like moon. After three centuries of wars between splintering Amazon tribes and a sphinx matriarchy unprepared for war, collapsing under its strain, the moon is thrown into a dark age of tribalism that even sphinxes find hard to keep track of. It is somewhere during the following thousand years that a race of [[dark elf|dark elves]] appears spontaneously in the record, without mention of their origin. It is speculated the appearance of Amazons awoken a number of fey spirits of Callisto slumbering in its cold climate, and made them evolve into dark elves. These elves establish their own powerful kingdom that uses iron and steel to conquer a number of Amazon tribes and sphinx principalities. Although their reach changes over time, they maintain this empire to this day, despite advancing technology and sudden appearance of firearms in Amazon hands in the last century. {{Stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Gas giants]] [[Category:Uninhabited worlds]] [[Category:Worlds with inhabited moons]] 8a5b26a547c70fde2440c0e75969451749323aac 262 261 2017-04-15T21:08:21Z Verroak 24955056 /* History */ wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Jupiter |image=Jupiter.jpg |type=Gas Giant |day length=10 hours |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -108° C |gravity=Very High |atmosphere=Hydrogen, Helium |moons=67 ([[Io]], [[Europa]], [[Ganymede]], [[Callisto]]) }} '''Jupiter''' is a gas giant and the biggest planet in the [[Sol System]] in [[Unknown Regions]]. As a gas giant outside its star's usual habitable zone, Jupiter is inhabited only by scant, hydrogen-breathing floater fauna and flora with little room for development of advanced life forms or habitation for most known sentient life forms. Nevertheless, it's important for the Sol System because of its influence and its large, planet-sized moons. == History == Home to mostly primitive life forms floating in its hydrogen clouds, Jupiter itself was left alone until the [[Titan]]s arrived in [[the Galaxy]]. It's unknown how many facilities were placed within Jupiter's atmosphere, rings and moons but one energy signature remains intact, still emitting energy from the heart of a giant, planet-sized hurricane on the southern hemisphere of Jupiter, the famous Great Red Spot. It's unknown if the spot is that old, or if the facility creates it, or even if it's created on purpose or merely clouds clumping around the artificially suspended structure. Because of its influence and great, planet-sized moons tidally heated to habitable temperatures, various Earth gods have taken interest in Jupiter. A number of transplanted populations originating from [[Earth]] lives within the Jupiter system, with no contact with the current Earth society. Thirty years ago, an event known as the [[Jovian Convergence]] happened. The alignment of Jupiter's moons caused an unusual synchronization of the moons' respective magical flows, opening a number of portals between them. The inhabitants usually saw the other moons as simply divine domains in the sky, but the Convergence opened their minds, allowing passage between the worlds. This event shook up the system but the true long-term implications are yet to emerge. == Moons == Jupiter has no stable geography as it lacks a solid surface like most gas giants, but it has four large, planet-sized, inhabited moons. === [[Io]] === One of the few worlds of [[demon world|demon]] type with little influence from actual demons, Io is a highly volcanically active world, heated to the point of melting rock by Jupiter's massive tides. Because of the temperature and poisonous atmosphere, most [[humanoid]]s cannot survive on its surface, but scattered, nomadic populations of alien pyrophiles managed to make their way there. Io's constantly shifting surface frequently brings up buried minerals and other goods, which these populations eagerly harvest and sell to other worlds in Jupiter's system. :: ''More in the [[Io]] article.'' === [[Europa]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Europa |image=Europa.jpg |type=Ice/Ocean |population=3 million |day length=3,5 Earth days (85 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -5° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Merfolk]], [[Locathah]], [[Telchin]], [[Cetalia]], [[Lektin]] |affiliation=Divided }} Europa is a frozen oceanic world, whose surface is permanently covered in ice, with few cracks and surface posts linking the enormous, subsurface ocean to the surface. Seemingly devoid of life when viewed from the outside, Europa is nevertheless blooming with various aquatic life forms beneath the cover of ice. Most of the inhabitants of Europa seem to be transplanted from Earth or other worlds in the Sol System, including [[merfolk]] from Earth and [[cetalia]] from [[Luna]]. A few races seem unique to Europa, including a local variant of [[locathah]]s and a race called [[lektin]]s which seems alien to Europa but has never been seen on other worlds. // *More coming* // ==== History ==== Charting a detailed history of Europa is hard. Most of the native races and civilizations don't keep long, detailed histories, being more concerned with the present. Nevertheless, a few mythic accounts of the moon's history survive, albeit as it is usual with myths, their historicity can be dubious. The [[ichthys]] of Europa are the best source on this, being undoubtedly the oldest and possibly the only native race to the moon. They believe Europa is subject to cosmic cycles which always bring new people to their world. They speak of an ancient era when all that was in the world was sea and the inhospitable darkness beyond it. That is when "father" (as they refer to Jupiter) covered Europa with ice to protect it and only then life could develop under the ice and ichthys appeared after the sea spat them out. However, they were not alone - [[lektin]] lived on the ice above (the myth does not specify how they were created) and one day, the cycle ran its course and lektin descended under the ice and took over Europa. Some claim this myth proves alien origin of the lektin. Lektin, however, were wasteful and they did not take the gifts of the sea graciously. The sea grew angry and powerful storms smashed their cities as ice rained from above. The cycle ended again and a new arrival came in "great, gleaming ships" - the [[cetalia]] from Earth's moon. Modern Moon's cetalia are not known to be technological, but [[silver elves]] may not have developed their rudimentary aether-sailing technology, leading to speculation cetalia were once technologically advanced and briefly colonized other worlds in the [[Sol System]]. Cetalia abandoned their cities one day and took to wandering across the oceans, the myth continues to say. The cycle ended again and new arrival came, this time [[merfolk]] of Earth, escaping "menacing ice dwellers". As ichthys did not have a word for land for the longest time, it's speculated these merfolk were escaping [[Atlantis|Atlantean]] oppression. They built the greatest cities that still stand to this day and now unite their own kind with ichthys and lektin. Ichthys believe the cycle will soon end again with the coming of "dry creatures" that will finish the cycle and take ichthys out into the 'darkness beyond', leaving Europa a dead ball of ice - the prophecy sometimes speculated to refer to humans or another space invader that will not assimilate into Europa's culture. === [[Ganymede]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Ganymede |image=Ganymede.jpg |type=Snow |population=7 million |day length=7,155 Earth days (172 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= 8° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Human]], [[Spart]], [[Myrmidon]] |affiliation=Divided }} The most Earth-like of Jupiter's moons, Ganymede was a wild world of snow-capped mountains and chilly seas until [[Zeus]], Jupiter's namesake, took interest in it and transplanted a number of descendants of his and his lover's Ganymede's. These Ganymedeans now rule most of the world from castles located in high peaks overlooking valleys filled with special, magical farms which remain warm and fertile despite the cold of Jupiter's system. Ganymedeans were also given a set of dragon's teeth which were sown and grown into local [[Spart]]s. They have since became independent and engaged in a never-ending conflict with another transplanted Earth race, [[Myrmidon]]s, ant people once created by Zeus to replace a dead island's population. ==== History ==== When [[Zeus]] first took interest in the Jupiter system over 3000 years ago, the only semi-sentient inhabitants of Ganymede was a race of talking, non-technological corvids. It was mostly a chilly world covered in snow most of its long year. When Zeus abducted Ganymede from Earth, he allegedly impregnated the boy through divine magic and left him in a golden castle in one of numerous valleys of the moon. Zeus then terraformed the moon in a single night, making it slightly warmer and spreading flowers and cereal plants across the surface. To make sure there was someone to till the land, he would turn the local ants into a [[Myrmidon|race of ant-people]] and to protect and serve Ganymede and his descendants, he would give the boy a set of dragon teeth that once sown would sprout into [[Spart]]s. The Ganymedean chronicles say that for seven generations, descendants of Ganymede lived in peace and expanded through the moon's surface, founding many of the castles and cities of modern Ganymede. However, then Ganymede died after a magically prolonged life and his descendants, without any line of succession or other guidance, began fighting each other for supremacy. After Sparts burned the fields one too many times, Myrmidons rebelled and founded their own kingdoms, led only by their corpulent queens. Eventually, many of Ganymede's descendants would find themselves poor enough to have to till the land themselves, replacing the rebellious Myrmidons. After centuries, the resulting kingdoms would evolve into separate nations that now dominate Ganymede. Scholars doubt the accuracy of this mythical story, citing that the moon's population could not reach millions in the given time, starting from one man, no matter how many children he birthed from this thigh. They theorize many more people were brought to Ganymede from Earth, either with Ganymede himself or at a later date. One later migration happened a thousand years ago, when a small group of Welshmen from Britain on Earth arrived through a malfunctioning ancient elven portal. Bringing with them insular Christianity, these Welshmen would blend with the hero cult of Ganymede and create a syncretic religion. Descendants of these people now call themselves Gimmerans and maintain a separate culture, one more concerned with tradition and far less permissive than other Ganymedeans. === [[Callisto]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Callisto |image=Callisto.jpg |type=Snow |population=4 million |day length=16,6 Earth days (400,5 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -4° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide |species=[[Human]], [[Elf]], [[Sphinx]] |capital=? |government=? |rulers=? |settlements=? |languages=? |religions=? |affiliation=? }} Unlike most worlds in Jupiter's system, Callisto was once home to a [[Titan]] facility, speculated to a repository of knowledge for their research on Jupiter. A population of [[anthrosphinx]]es was left behind after the facility became defunct and evolved into Callisto's sole sentient race before the arrival of [[Amazon]]s. Presumably attracted to another matriarchal race, Earth goddess [[Artemis]] transplanted a population of descendants of hers and her lover's (and moon's namesake) Callisto. Despite being otherwise human, these Amazons are apparently capable of parthogenesis - there are no men among them, yet they easily reproduce on their own from families of two females. Since the Amazons' arrival, a race of naturalized lampades turned into a native race of [[dark elf|dark elves]]. ==== History ==== The anthrosphinxes of Callisto claim to maintain written history of the moon since the Titans' departure. Their written records contain an impressive list of matriarch, whose existence is proven only by said list. Nevertheless, it maintains a list of names slowly evolving towards present day Callistoan sphinx language, suggesting a grain of truth. Besides their pedigree and mundane accomplishments, the list gives little evidence of large scale events on ancient Callisto, if any happened in that period. Eventually, [[Amazon]]s arrive on Callisto, exactly 3091 years ago according to sphinx chroniclers when the goddess [[Artemis]] of Earth followed her father's example and whisked away a number of her followers. Amazons begin immediately fighting the sphinxes over the few fertile lands on the cold, tundra-like moon. After three centuries of wars between splintering Amazon tribes and a sphinx matriarchy unprepared for war, collapsing under its strain, the moon is thrown into a dark age of tribalism that even sphinxes find hard to keep track of. It is somewhere during the following thousand years that a race of [[dark elf|dark elves]] appears spontaneously in the record, without mention of their origin. It is speculated the appearance of Amazons awoken a number of fey spirits of Callisto slumbering in its cold climate, and made them evolve into dark elves. These elves establish their own powerful kingdom that uses iron and steel to conquer a number of Amazon tribes and sphinx principalities. Although their reach changes over time, they maintain this empire to this day, despite advancing technology and sudden appearance of firearms in Amazon hands in the last century. {{Stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Gas giants]] [[Category:Uninhabited worlds]] [[Category:Worlds with inhabited moons]] 723d4f1f3bb3c6a76c612303eb35b2b4fbd8f3e3 263 262 2017-04-15T21:13:31Z Verroak 24955056 /* Europa */ wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Jupiter |image=Jupiter.jpg |type=Gas Giant |day length=10 hours |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -108° C |gravity=Very High |atmosphere=Hydrogen, Helium |moons=67 ([[Io]], [[Europa]], [[Ganymede]], [[Callisto]]) }} '''Jupiter''' is a gas giant and the biggest planet in the [[Sol System]] in [[Unknown Regions]]. As a gas giant outside its star's usual habitable zone, Jupiter is inhabited only by scant, hydrogen-breathing floater fauna and flora with little room for development of advanced life forms or habitation for most known sentient life forms. Nevertheless, it's important for the Sol System because of its influence and its large, planet-sized moons. == History == Home to mostly primitive life forms floating in its hydrogen clouds, Jupiter itself was left alone until the [[Titan]]s arrived in [[the Galaxy]]. It's unknown how many facilities were placed within Jupiter's atmosphere, rings and moons but one energy signature remains intact, still emitting energy from the heart of a giant, planet-sized hurricane on the southern hemisphere of Jupiter, the famous Great Red Spot. It's unknown if the spot is that old, or if the facility creates it, or even if it's created on purpose or merely clouds clumping around the artificially suspended structure. Because of its influence and great, planet-sized moons tidally heated to habitable temperatures, various Earth gods have taken interest in Jupiter. A number of transplanted populations originating from [[Earth]] lives within the Jupiter system, with no contact with the current Earth society. Thirty years ago, an event known as the [[Jovian Convergence]] happened. The alignment of Jupiter's moons caused an unusual synchronization of the moons' respective magical flows, opening a number of portals between them. The inhabitants usually saw the other moons as simply divine domains in the sky, but the Convergence opened their minds, allowing passage between the worlds. This event shook up the system but the true long-term implications are yet to emerge. == Moons == Jupiter has no stable geography as it lacks a solid surface like most gas giants, but it has four large, planet-sized, inhabited moons. === [[Io]] === One of the few worlds of [[demon world|demon]] type with little influence from actual demons, Io is a highly volcanically active world, heated to the point of melting rock by Jupiter's massive tides. Because of the temperature and poisonous atmosphere, most [[humanoid]]s cannot survive on its surface, but scattered, nomadic populations of alien pyrophiles managed to make their way there. Io's constantly shifting surface frequently brings up buried minerals and other goods, which these populations eagerly harvest and sell to other worlds in Jupiter's system. :: ''More in the [[Io]] article.'' === [[Europa]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Europa |image=Europa.jpg |type=Ice/Ocean |population=3 million |day length=3,5 Earth days (85 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -5° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Merfolk]], [[Locathah]], [[Telchin]], [[Cetalia]], [[Lektin]] |affiliation=Divided }} Europa is a frozen oceanic world, whose surface is permanently covered in ice, with few cracks and surface posts linking the enormous, subsurface ocean to the surface. Seemingly devoid of life when viewed from the outside, Europa is nevertheless blooming with various aquatic life forms beneath the cover of ice. Most of the inhabitants of Europa seem to be transplanted from Earth or other worlds in the Sol System, including [[merfolk]] from Earth and [[cetalia]] from [[Luna]]. A few races seem unique to Europa, including a local variant of [[locathah]]s and a race called [[lektin]]s which seems alien to Europa but has never been seen on other worlds. ==== History ==== Charting a detailed history of Europa is hard. Most of the native races and civilizations don't keep long, detailed histories, being more concerned with the present. Nevertheless, a few mythic accounts of the moon's history survive, albeit as it is usual with myths, their historicity can be dubious. The [[ichthys]] of Europa are the best source on this, being undoubtedly the oldest and possibly the only native race to the moon. They believe Europa is subject to cosmic cycles which always bring new people to their world. They speak of an ancient era when all that was in the world was sea and the inhospitable darkness beyond it. That is when "father" (as they refer to Jupiter) covered Europa with ice to protect it and only then life could develop under the ice and ichthys appeared after the sea spat them out. However, they were not alone - [[lektin]] lived on the ice above (the myth does not specify how they were created) and one day, the cycle ran its course and lektin descended under the ice and took over Europa. Some claim this myth proves alien origin of the lektin. Lektin, however, were wasteful and they did not take the gifts of the sea graciously. The sea grew angry and powerful storms smashed their cities as ice rained from above. The cycle ended again and a new arrival came in "great, gleaming ships" - the [[cetalia]] from Earth's moon. Modern Moon's cetalia are not known to be technological, but [[silver elves]] may not have developed their rudimentary aether-sailing technology, leading to speculation cetalia were once technologically advanced and briefly colonized other worlds in the [[Sol System]]. Cetalia abandoned their cities one day and took to wandering across the oceans, the myth continues to say. The cycle ended again and new arrival came, this time [[merfolk]] of Earth, escaping "menacing ice dwellers". As ichthys did not have a word for land for the longest time, it's speculated these merfolk were escaping [[Atlantis|Atlantean]] oppression. They built the greatest cities that still stand to this day and now unite their own kind with ichthys and lektin. Ichthys believe the cycle will soon end again with the coming of "dry creatures" that will finish the cycle and take ichthys out into the 'darkness beyond', leaving Europa a dead ball of ice - the prophecy sometimes speculated to refer to humans or another space invader that will not assimilate into Europa's culture. === Convergence === Some ichthys believe the Convergence to be the fulfillment of the "end of the cycle" prophecy. When the event began, numerous portals opened and pumped out an impressive amount of water. Various mages managed to isolate these portal regions to small air chambers for off-world visitors, but the shock of this event caused many locals, especially the superstitious ichthys to fear the other worlds and people coming from them. Surprisingly, the Sparts of Ganymede have proven resistant to Europa's cold, watery climate. Small groups of renegade Sparts took to constructing simple submarines, carrying isolated human crew inside, to explore and exploit the unsuspecting world. Otherwise, visitors from the other moons rarely go deep into the cold, murky waters of Europa. === [[Ganymede]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Ganymede |image=Ganymede.jpg |type=Snow |population=7 million |day length=7,155 Earth days (172 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= 8° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Human]], [[Spart]], [[Myrmidon]] |affiliation=Divided }} The most Earth-like of Jupiter's moons, Ganymede was a wild world of snow-capped mountains and chilly seas until [[Zeus]], Jupiter's namesake, took interest in it and transplanted a number of descendants of his and his lover's Ganymede's. These Ganymedeans now rule most of the world from castles located in high peaks overlooking valleys filled with special, magical farms which remain warm and fertile despite the cold of Jupiter's system. Ganymedeans were also given a set of dragon's teeth which were sown and grown into local [[Spart]]s. They have since became independent and engaged in a never-ending conflict with another transplanted Earth race, [[Myrmidon]]s, ant people once created by Zeus to replace a dead island's population. ==== History ==== When [[Zeus]] first took interest in the Jupiter system over 3000 years ago, the only semi-sentient inhabitants of Ganymede was a race of talking, non-technological corvids. It was mostly a chilly world covered in snow most of its long year. When Zeus abducted Ganymede from Earth, he allegedly impregnated the boy through divine magic and left him in a golden castle in one of numerous valleys of the moon. Zeus then terraformed the moon in a single night, making it slightly warmer and spreading flowers and cereal plants across the surface. To make sure there was someone to till the land, he would turn the local ants into a [[Myrmidon|race of ant-people]] and to protect and serve Ganymede and his descendants, he would give the boy a set of dragon teeth that once sown would sprout into [[Spart]]s. The Ganymedean chronicles say that for seven generations, descendants of Ganymede lived in peace and expanded through the moon's surface, founding many of the castles and cities of modern Ganymede. However, then Ganymede died after a magically prolonged life and his descendants, without any line of succession or other guidance, began fighting each other for supremacy. After Sparts burned the fields one too many times, Myrmidons rebelled and founded their own kingdoms, led only by their corpulent queens. Eventually, many of Ganymede's descendants would find themselves poor enough to have to till the land themselves, replacing the rebellious Myrmidons. After centuries, the resulting kingdoms would evolve into separate nations that now dominate Ganymede. Scholars doubt the accuracy of this mythical story, citing that the moon's population could not reach millions in the given time, starting from one man, no matter how many children he birthed from this thigh. They theorize many more people were brought to Ganymede from Earth, either with Ganymede himself or at a later date. One later migration happened a thousand years ago, when a small group of Welshmen from Britain on Earth arrived through a malfunctioning ancient elven portal. Bringing with them insular Christianity, these Welshmen would blend with the hero cult of Ganymede and create a syncretic religion. Descendants of these people now call themselves Gimmerans and maintain a separate culture, one more concerned with tradition and far less permissive than other Ganymedeans. === [[Callisto]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Callisto |image=Callisto.jpg |type=Snow |population=4 million |day length=16,6 Earth days (400,5 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -4° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide |species=[[Human]], [[Elf]], [[Sphinx]] |capital=? |government=? |rulers=? |settlements=? |languages=? |religions=? |affiliation=? }} Unlike most worlds in Jupiter's system, Callisto was once home to a [[Titan]] facility, speculated to a repository of knowledge for their research on Jupiter. A population of [[anthrosphinx]]es was left behind after the facility became defunct and evolved into Callisto's sole sentient race before the arrival of [[Amazon]]s. Presumably attracted to another matriarchal race, Earth goddess [[Artemis]] transplanted a population of descendants of hers and her lover's (and moon's namesake) Callisto. Despite being otherwise human, these Amazons are apparently capable of parthogenesis - there are no men among them, yet they easily reproduce on their own from families of two females. Since the Amazons' arrival, a race of naturalized lampades turned into a native race of [[dark elf|dark elves]]. ==== History ==== The anthrosphinxes of Callisto claim to maintain written history of the moon since the Titans' departure. Their written records contain an impressive list of matriarch, whose existence is proven only by said list. Nevertheless, it maintains a list of names slowly evolving towards present day Callistoan sphinx language, suggesting a grain of truth. Besides their pedigree and mundane accomplishments, the list gives little evidence of large scale events on ancient Callisto, if any happened in that period. Eventually, [[Amazon]]s arrive on Callisto, exactly 3091 years ago according to sphinx chroniclers when the goddess [[Artemis]] of Earth followed her father's example and whisked away a number of her followers. Amazons begin immediately fighting the sphinxes over the few fertile lands on the cold, tundra-like moon. After three centuries of wars between splintering Amazon tribes and a sphinx matriarchy unprepared for war, collapsing under its strain, the moon is thrown into a dark age of tribalism that even sphinxes find hard to keep track of. It is somewhere during the following thousand years that a race of [[dark elf|dark elves]] appears spontaneously in the record, without mention of their origin. It is speculated the appearance of Amazons awoken a number of fey spirits of Callisto slumbering in its cold climate, and made them evolve into dark elves. These elves establish their own powerful kingdom that uses iron and steel to conquer a number of Amazon tribes and sphinx principalities. Although their reach changes over time, they maintain this empire to this day, despite advancing technology and sudden appearance of firearms in Amazon hands in the last century. {{Stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Gas giants]] [[Category:Uninhabited worlds]] [[Category:Worlds with inhabited moons]] fcf8d081bb29cbeaa7316abd3c615b6990a13d68 264 263 2017-04-15T21:14:49Z Verroak 24955056 /* Convergence */ wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Jupiter |image=Jupiter.jpg |type=Gas Giant |day length=10 hours |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -108° C |gravity=Very High |atmosphere=Hydrogen, Helium |moons=67 ([[Io]], [[Europa]], [[Ganymede]], [[Callisto]]) }} '''Jupiter''' is a gas giant and the biggest planet in the [[Sol System]] in [[Unknown Regions]]. As a gas giant outside its star's usual habitable zone, Jupiter is inhabited only by scant, hydrogen-breathing floater fauna and flora with little room for development of advanced life forms or habitation for most known sentient life forms. Nevertheless, it's important for the Sol System because of its influence and its large, planet-sized moons. == History == Home to mostly primitive life forms floating in its hydrogen clouds, Jupiter itself was left alone until the [[Titan]]s arrived in [[the Galaxy]]. It's unknown how many facilities were placed within Jupiter's atmosphere, rings and moons but one energy signature remains intact, still emitting energy from the heart of a giant, planet-sized hurricane on the southern hemisphere of Jupiter, the famous Great Red Spot. It's unknown if the spot is that old, or if the facility creates it, or even if it's created on purpose or merely clouds clumping around the artificially suspended structure. Because of its influence and great, planet-sized moons tidally heated to habitable temperatures, various Earth gods have taken interest in Jupiter. A number of transplanted populations originating from [[Earth]] lives within the Jupiter system, with no contact with the current Earth society. Thirty years ago, an event known as the [[Jovian Convergence]] happened. The alignment of Jupiter's moons caused an unusual synchronization of the moons' respective magical flows, opening a number of portals between them. The inhabitants usually saw the other moons as simply divine domains in the sky, but the Convergence opened their minds, allowing passage between the worlds. This event shook up the system but the true long-term implications are yet to emerge. == Moons == Jupiter has no stable geography as it lacks a solid surface like most gas giants, but it has four large, planet-sized, inhabited moons. === [[Io]] === One of the few worlds of [[demon world|demon]] type with little influence from actual demons, Io is a highly volcanically active world, heated to the point of melting rock by Jupiter's massive tides. Because of the temperature and poisonous atmosphere, most [[humanoid]]s cannot survive on its surface, but scattered, nomadic populations of alien pyrophiles managed to make their way there. Io's constantly shifting surface frequently brings up buried minerals and other goods, which these populations eagerly harvest and sell to other worlds in Jupiter's system. :: ''More in the [[Io]] article.'' === [[Europa]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Europa |image=Europa.jpg |type=Ice/Ocean |population=3 million |day length=3,5 Earth days (85 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -5° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Merfolk]], [[Locathah]], [[Telchin]], [[Cetalia]], [[Lektin]] |affiliation=Divided }} Europa is a frozen oceanic world, whose surface is permanently covered in ice, with few cracks and surface posts linking the enormous, subsurface ocean to the surface. Seemingly devoid of life when viewed from the outside, Europa is nevertheless blooming with various aquatic life forms beneath the cover of ice. Most of the inhabitants of Europa seem to be transplanted from Earth or other worlds in the Sol System, including [[merfolk]] from Earth and [[cetalia]] from [[Luna]]. A few races seem unique to Europa, including a local variant of [[locathah]]s and a race called [[lektin]]s which seems alien to Europa but has never been seen on other worlds. ==== History ==== Charting a detailed history of Europa is hard. Most of the native races and civilizations don't keep long, detailed histories, being more concerned with the present. Nevertheless, a few mythic accounts of the moon's history survive, albeit as it is usual with myths, their historicity can be dubious. The [[ichthys]] of Europa are the best source on this, being undoubtedly the oldest and possibly the only native race to the moon. They believe Europa is subject to cosmic cycles which always bring new people to their world. They speak of an ancient era when all that was in the world was sea and the inhospitable darkness beyond it. That is when "father" (as they refer to Jupiter) covered Europa with ice to protect it and only then life could develop under the ice and ichthys appeared after the sea spat them out. However, they were not alone - [[lektin]] lived on the ice above (the myth does not specify how they were created) and one day, the cycle ran its course and lektin descended under the ice and took over Europa. Some claim this myth proves alien origin of the lektin. Lektin, however, were wasteful and they did not take the gifts of the sea graciously. The sea grew angry and powerful storms smashed their cities as ice rained from above. The cycle ended again and a new arrival came in "great, gleaming ships" - the [[cetalia]] from Earth's moon. Modern Moon's cetalia are not known to be technological, but [[silver elves]] may not have developed their rudimentary aether-sailing technology, leading to speculation cetalia were once technologically advanced and briefly colonized other worlds in the [[Sol System]]. Cetalia abandoned their cities one day and took to wandering across the oceans, the myth continues to say. The cycle ended again and new arrival came, this time [[merfolk]] of Earth, escaping "menacing ice dwellers". As ichthys did not have a word for land for the longest time, it's speculated these merfolk were escaping [[Atlantis|Atlantean]] oppression. They built the greatest cities that still stand to this day and now unite their own kind with ichthys and lektin. Ichthys believe the cycle will soon end again with the coming of "dry creatures" that will finish the cycle and take ichthys out into the 'darkness beyond', leaving Europa a dead ball of ice - the prophecy sometimes speculated to refer to humans or another space invader that will not assimilate into Europa's culture. === Convergence === Some ichthys believe the Convergence to be the fulfillment of the "end of the cycle" prophecy. When the event began, numerous portals opened and pumped out an impressive amount of water. Various mages managed to isolate these portal regions to small air chambers for off-world visitors, but the shock of this event caused many locals, especially the superstitious ichthys to fear the other worlds and people coming from them. Surprisingly, the Sparts of Ganymede have proven resistant to Europa's cold, watery climate. Small groups of renegade Sparts took to constructing simple submarines, carrying isolated human crew inside, to explore and exploit the unsuspecting world. Rare dark elves, in personal magical bubbles, took to exploring merfolk realms and tying new bonds between elvenkind. Otherwise, visitors from the other moons rarely go deep into the cold, murky waters of Europa. === [[Ganymede]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Ganymede |image=Ganymede.jpg |type=Snow |population=7 million |day length=7,155 Earth days (172 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= 8° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Human]], [[Spart]], [[Myrmidon]] |affiliation=Divided }} The most Earth-like of Jupiter's moons, Ganymede was a wild world of snow-capped mountains and chilly seas until [[Zeus]], Jupiter's namesake, took interest in it and transplanted a number of descendants of his and his lover's Ganymede's. These Ganymedeans now rule most of the world from castles located in high peaks overlooking valleys filled with special, magical farms which remain warm and fertile despite the cold of Jupiter's system. Ganymedeans were also given a set of dragon's teeth which were sown and grown into local [[Spart]]s. They have since became independent and engaged in a never-ending conflict with another transplanted Earth race, [[Myrmidon]]s, ant people once created by Zeus to replace a dead island's population. ==== History ==== When [[Zeus]] first took interest in the Jupiter system over 3000 years ago, the only semi-sentient inhabitants of Ganymede was a race of talking, non-technological corvids. It was mostly a chilly world covered in snow most of its long year. When Zeus abducted Ganymede from Earth, he allegedly impregnated the boy through divine magic and left him in a golden castle in one of numerous valleys of the moon. Zeus then terraformed the moon in a single night, making it slightly warmer and spreading flowers and cereal plants across the surface. To make sure there was someone to till the land, he would turn the local ants into a [[Myrmidon|race of ant-people]] and to protect and serve Ganymede and his descendants, he would give the boy a set of dragon teeth that once sown would sprout into [[Spart]]s. The Ganymedean chronicles say that for seven generations, descendants of Ganymede lived in peace and expanded through the moon's surface, founding many of the castles and cities of modern Ganymede. However, then Ganymede died after a magically prolonged life and his descendants, without any line of succession or other guidance, began fighting each other for supremacy. After Sparts burned the fields one too many times, Myrmidons rebelled and founded their own kingdoms, led only by their corpulent queens. Eventually, many of Ganymede's descendants would find themselves poor enough to have to till the land themselves, replacing the rebellious Myrmidons. After centuries, the resulting kingdoms would evolve into separate nations that now dominate Ganymede. Scholars doubt the accuracy of this mythical story, citing that the moon's population could not reach millions in the given time, starting from one man, no matter how many children he birthed from this thigh. They theorize many more people were brought to Ganymede from Earth, either with Ganymede himself or at a later date. One later migration happened a thousand years ago, when a small group of Welshmen from Britain on Earth arrived through a malfunctioning ancient elven portal. Bringing with them insular Christianity, these Welshmen would blend with the hero cult of Ganymede and create a syncretic religion. Descendants of these people now call themselves Gimmerans and maintain a separate culture, one more concerned with tradition and far less permissive than other Ganymedeans. === [[Callisto]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Callisto |image=Callisto.jpg |type=Snow |population=4 million |day length=16,6 Earth days (400,5 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -4° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide |species=[[Human]], [[Elf]], [[Sphinx]] |capital=? |government=? |rulers=? |settlements=? |languages=? |religions=? |affiliation=? }} Unlike most worlds in Jupiter's system, Callisto was once home to a [[Titan]] facility, speculated to a repository of knowledge for their research on Jupiter. A population of [[anthrosphinx]]es was left behind after the facility became defunct and evolved into Callisto's sole sentient race before the arrival of [[Amazon]]s. Presumably attracted to another matriarchal race, Earth goddess [[Artemis]] transplanted a population of descendants of hers and her lover's (and moon's namesake) Callisto. Despite being otherwise human, these Amazons are apparently capable of parthogenesis - there are no men among them, yet they easily reproduce on their own from families of two females. Since the Amazons' arrival, a race of naturalized lampades turned into a native race of [[dark elf|dark elves]]. ==== History ==== The anthrosphinxes of Callisto claim to maintain written history of the moon since the Titans' departure. Their written records contain an impressive list of matriarch, whose existence is proven only by said list. Nevertheless, it maintains a list of names slowly evolving towards present day Callistoan sphinx language, suggesting a grain of truth. Besides their pedigree and mundane accomplishments, the list gives little evidence of large scale events on ancient Callisto, if any happened in that period. Eventually, [[Amazon]]s arrive on Callisto, exactly 3091 years ago according to sphinx chroniclers when the goddess [[Artemis]] of Earth followed her father's example and whisked away a number of her followers. Amazons begin immediately fighting the sphinxes over the few fertile lands on the cold, tundra-like moon. After three centuries of wars between splintering Amazon tribes and a sphinx matriarchy unprepared for war, collapsing under its strain, the moon is thrown into a dark age of tribalism that even sphinxes find hard to keep track of. It is somewhere during the following thousand years that a race of [[dark elf|dark elves]] appears spontaneously in the record, without mention of their origin. It is speculated the appearance of Amazons awoken a number of fey spirits of Callisto slumbering in its cold climate, and made them evolve into dark elves. These elves establish their own powerful kingdom that uses iron and steel to conquer a number of Amazon tribes and sphinx principalities. Although their reach changes over time, they maintain this empire to this day, despite advancing technology and sudden appearance of firearms in Amazon hands in the last century. {{Stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Gas giants]] [[Category:Uninhabited worlds]] [[Category:Worlds with inhabited moons]] 033a1ebf4f76e054dfef7b7e2f4844d506339887 265 264 2017-04-15T21:21:56Z Verroak 24955056 /* Ganymede */ wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Jupiter |image=Jupiter.jpg |type=Gas Giant |day length=10 hours |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -108° C |gravity=Very High |atmosphere=Hydrogen, Helium |moons=67 ([[Io]], [[Europa]], [[Ganymede]], [[Callisto]]) }} '''Jupiter''' is a gas giant and the biggest planet in the [[Sol System]] in [[Unknown Regions]]. As a gas giant outside its star's usual habitable zone, Jupiter is inhabited only by scant, hydrogen-breathing floater fauna and flora with little room for development of advanced life forms or habitation for most known sentient life forms. Nevertheless, it's important for the Sol System because of its influence and its large, planet-sized moons. == History == Home to mostly primitive life forms floating in its hydrogen clouds, Jupiter itself was left alone until the [[Titan]]s arrived in [[the Galaxy]]. It's unknown how many facilities were placed within Jupiter's atmosphere, rings and moons but one energy signature remains intact, still emitting energy from the heart of a giant, planet-sized hurricane on the southern hemisphere of Jupiter, the famous Great Red Spot. It's unknown if the spot is that old, or if the facility creates it, or even if it's created on purpose or merely clouds clumping around the artificially suspended structure. Because of its influence and great, planet-sized moons tidally heated to habitable temperatures, various Earth gods have taken interest in Jupiter. A number of transplanted populations originating from [[Earth]] lives within the Jupiter system, with no contact with the current Earth society. Thirty years ago, an event known as the [[Jovian Convergence]] happened. The alignment of Jupiter's moons caused an unusual synchronization of the moons' respective magical flows, opening a number of portals between them. The inhabitants usually saw the other moons as simply divine domains in the sky, but the Convergence opened their minds, allowing passage between the worlds. This event shook up the system but the true long-term implications are yet to emerge. == Moons == Jupiter has no stable geography as it lacks a solid surface like most gas giants, but it has four large, planet-sized, inhabited moons. === [[Io]] === One of the few worlds of [[demon world|demon]] type with little influence from actual demons, Io is a highly volcanically active world, heated to the point of melting rock by Jupiter's massive tides. Because of the temperature and poisonous atmosphere, most [[humanoid]]s cannot survive on its surface, but scattered, nomadic populations of alien pyrophiles managed to make their way there. Io's constantly shifting surface frequently brings up buried minerals and other goods, which these populations eagerly harvest and sell to other worlds in Jupiter's system. :: ''More in the [[Io]] article.'' === [[Europa]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Europa |image=Europa.jpg |type=Ice/Ocean |population=3 million |day length=3,5 Earth days (85 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -5° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Merfolk]], [[Locathah]], [[Telchin]], [[Cetalia]], [[Lektin]] |affiliation=Divided }} Europa is a frozen oceanic world, whose surface is permanently covered in ice, with few cracks and surface posts linking the enormous, subsurface ocean to the surface. Seemingly devoid of life when viewed from the outside, Europa is nevertheless blooming with various aquatic life forms beneath the cover of ice. Most of the inhabitants of Europa seem to be transplanted from Earth or other worlds in the Sol System, including [[merfolk]] from Earth and [[cetalia]] from [[Luna]]. A few races seem unique to Europa, including a local variant of [[locathah]]s and a race called [[lektin]]s which seems alien to Europa but has never been seen on other worlds. ==== History ==== Charting a detailed history of Europa is hard. Most of the native races and civilizations don't keep long, detailed histories, being more concerned with the present. Nevertheless, a few mythic accounts of the moon's history survive, albeit as it is usual with myths, their historicity can be dubious. The [[ichthys]] of Europa are the best source on this, being undoubtedly the oldest and possibly the only native race to the moon. They believe Europa is subject to cosmic cycles which always bring new people to their world. They speak of an ancient era when all that was in the world was sea and the inhospitable darkness beyond it. That is when "father" (as they refer to Jupiter) covered Europa with ice to protect it and only then life could develop under the ice and ichthys appeared after the sea spat them out. However, they were not alone - [[lektin]] lived on the ice above (the myth does not specify how they were created) and one day, the cycle ran its course and lektin descended under the ice and took over Europa. Some claim this myth proves alien origin of the lektin. Lektin, however, were wasteful and they did not take the gifts of the sea graciously. The sea grew angry and powerful storms smashed their cities as ice rained from above. The cycle ended again and a new arrival came in "great, gleaming ships" - the [[cetalia]] from Earth's moon. Modern Moon's cetalia are not known to be technological, but [[silver elves]] may not have developed their rudimentary aether-sailing technology, leading to speculation cetalia were once technologically advanced and briefly colonized other worlds in the [[Sol System]]. Cetalia abandoned their cities one day and took to wandering across the oceans, the myth continues to say. The cycle ended again and new arrival came, this time [[merfolk]] of Earth, escaping "menacing ice dwellers". As ichthys did not have a word for land for the longest time, it's speculated these merfolk were escaping [[Atlantis|Atlantean]] oppression. They built the greatest cities that still stand to this day and now unite their own kind with ichthys and lektin. Ichthys believe the cycle will soon end again with the coming of "dry creatures" that will finish the cycle and take ichthys out into the 'darkness beyond', leaving Europa a dead ball of ice - the prophecy sometimes speculated to refer to humans or another space invader that will not assimilate into Europa's culture. === Convergence === Some ichthys believe the Convergence to be the fulfillment of the "end of the cycle" prophecy. When the event began, numerous portals opened and pumped out an impressive amount of water. Various mages managed to isolate these portal regions to small air chambers for off-world visitors, but the shock of this event caused many locals, especially the superstitious ichthys to fear the other worlds and people coming from them. Surprisingly, the Sparts of Ganymede have proven resistant to Europa's cold, watery climate. Small groups of renegade Sparts took to constructing simple submarines, carrying isolated human crew inside, to explore and exploit the unsuspecting world. Rare dark elves, in personal magical bubbles, took to exploring merfolk realms and tying new bonds between elvenkind. Otherwise, visitors from the other moons rarely go deep into the cold, murky waters of Europa. === [[Ganymede]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Ganymede |image=Ganymede.jpg |type=Snow |population=7 million |day length=7,155 Earth days (172 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= 8° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Human]], [[Spart]], [[Myrmidon]] |affiliation=Divided }} The most Earth-like of Jupiter's moons, Ganymede was a wild world of snow-capped mountains and chilly seas until [[Zeus]], Jupiter's namesake, took interest in it and transplanted a number of descendants of his and his lover's Ganymede's. These Ganymedeans now rule most of the world from castles located in high peaks overlooking valleys filled with special, magical farms which remain warm and fertile despite the cold of Jupiter's system. Ganymedeans were also given a set of dragon's teeth which were sown and grown into local [[Spart]]s. They have since became independent and engaged in a never-ending conflict with another transplanted Earth race, [[Myrmidon]]s, ant people once created by Zeus to replace a dead island's population. ==== History ==== When [[Zeus]] first took interest in the Jupiter system over 3000 years ago, the only semi-sentient inhabitants of Ganymede was a race of talking, non-technological corvids. It was mostly a chilly world covered in snow most of its long year. When Zeus abducted Ganymede from Earth, he allegedly impregnated the boy through divine magic and left him in a golden castle in one of numerous valleys of the moon. Zeus then terraformed the moon in a single night, making it slightly warmer and spreading flowers and cereal plants across the surface. To make sure there was someone to till the land, he would turn the local ants into a [[Myrmidon|race of ant-people]] and to protect and serve Ganymede and his descendants, he would give the boy a set of dragon teeth that once sown would sprout into [[Spart]]s. The Ganymedean chronicles say that for seven generations, descendants of Ganymede lived in peace and expanded through the moon's surface, founding many of the castles and cities of modern Ganymede. However, then Ganymede died after a magically prolonged life and his descendants, without any line of succession or other guidance, began fighting each other for supremacy. After Sparts burned the fields one too many times, Myrmidons rebelled and founded their own kingdoms, led only by their corpulent queens. Eventually, many of Ganymede's descendants would find themselves poor enough to have to till the land themselves, replacing the rebellious Myrmidons. After centuries, the resulting kingdoms would evolve into separate nations that now dominate Ganymede. Scholars doubt the accuracy of this mythical story, citing that the moon's population could not reach millions in the given time, starting from one man, no matter how many children he birthed from this thigh. They theorize many more people were brought to Ganymede from Earth, either with Ganymede himself or at a later date. One later migration happened a thousand years ago, when a small group of Welshmen from Britain on Earth arrived through a malfunctioning ancient elven portal. Bringing with them insular Christianity, these Welshmen would blend with the hero cult of Ganymede and create a syncretic religion. Descendants of these people now call themselves Gimmerans and maintain a separate culture, one more concerned with tradition and far less permissive than other Ganymedeans. === Convergence === The recent clash between misogynistic, boy-loving Ganymedeans and Amazons, who were the first visitors from the new portals, only flared up the darkest parts of both cultures. Although Ganymedeans have women, like Ancient Greeks they consider them lustful and almost wild creatures. Human Ganymedeans refuse to trade or talk with Amazons as "women who dare take man's place in society", and the Amazons respond in kind, by raiding and mercilessly pillaging their cities and forts. Sparts are obedient soldiers who have little quarrel with the Amazons but fight them on human orders - and because of that, learned to begrudgingly respect them. Myrmidons, on the other hand, began to admire the parthenogenetic, female-only Amazons and fruitful relationships began. The rare lektin and merfolk traders from Europa are the most friendly visitors from other moons. Few and far between, they are usually exotic merchants in the capitals near the new swamps caused by the oceans leaking out of Europa. Similarly, the fiery inhabitants of Io come to trade, but are far less accepted due to their tempers and destructive capabilities. === [[Callisto]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Callisto |image=Callisto.jpg |type=Snow |population=4 million |day length=16,6 Earth days (400,5 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -4° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide |species=[[Human]], [[Elf]], [[Sphinx]] |capital=? |government=? |rulers=? |settlements=? |languages=? |religions=? |affiliation=? }} Unlike most worlds in Jupiter's system, Callisto was once home to a [[Titan]] facility, speculated to a repository of knowledge for their research on Jupiter. A population of [[anthrosphinx]]es was left behind after the facility became defunct and evolved into Callisto's sole sentient race before the arrival of [[Amazon]]s. Presumably attracted to another matriarchal race, Earth goddess [[Artemis]] transplanted a population of descendants of hers and her lover's (and moon's namesake) Callisto. Despite being otherwise human, these Amazons are apparently capable of parthogenesis - there are no men among them, yet they easily reproduce on their own from families of two females. Since the Amazons' arrival, a race of naturalized lampades turned into a native race of [[dark elf|dark elves]]. ==== History ==== The anthrosphinxes of Callisto claim to maintain written history of the moon since the Titans' departure. Their written records contain an impressive list of matriarch, whose existence is proven only by said list. Nevertheless, it maintains a list of names slowly evolving towards present day Callistoan sphinx language, suggesting a grain of truth. Besides their pedigree and mundane accomplishments, the list gives little evidence of large scale events on ancient Callisto, if any happened in that period. Eventually, [[Amazon]]s arrive on Callisto, exactly 3091 years ago according to sphinx chroniclers when the goddess [[Artemis]] of Earth followed her father's example and whisked away a number of her followers. Amazons begin immediately fighting the sphinxes over the few fertile lands on the cold, tundra-like moon. After three centuries of wars between splintering Amazon tribes and a sphinx matriarchy unprepared for war, collapsing under its strain, the moon is thrown into a dark age of tribalism that even sphinxes find hard to keep track of. It is somewhere during the following thousand years that a race of [[dark elf|dark elves]] appears spontaneously in the record, without mention of their origin. It is speculated the appearance of Amazons awoken a number of fey spirits of Callisto slumbering in its cold climate, and made them evolve into dark elves. These elves establish their own powerful kingdom that uses iron and steel to conquer a number of Amazon tribes and sphinx principalities. Although their reach changes over time, they maintain this empire to this day, despite advancing technology and sudden appearance of firearms in Amazon hands in the last century. {{Stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Gas giants]] [[Category:Uninhabited worlds]] [[Category:Worlds with inhabited moons]] 771844940b6160cddbdf0527b633454af6a06839 266 265 2017-04-15T21:28:37Z Verroak 24955056 /* Moons */ wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Jupiter |image=Jupiter.jpg |type=Gas Giant |day length=10 hours |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -108° C |gravity=Very High |atmosphere=Hydrogen, Helium |moons=67 ([[Io]], [[Europa]], [[Ganymede]], [[Callisto]]) }} '''Jupiter''' is a gas giant and the biggest planet in the [[Sol System]] in [[Unknown Regions]]. As a gas giant outside its star's usual habitable zone, Jupiter is inhabited only by scant, hydrogen-breathing floater fauna and flora with little room for development of advanced life forms or habitation for most known sentient life forms. Nevertheless, it's important for the Sol System because of its influence and its large, planet-sized moons. == History == Home to mostly primitive life forms floating in its hydrogen clouds, Jupiter itself was left alone until the [[Titan]]s arrived in [[the Galaxy]]. It's unknown how many facilities were placed within Jupiter's atmosphere, rings and moons but one energy signature remains intact, still emitting energy from the heart of a giant, planet-sized hurricane on the southern hemisphere of Jupiter, the famous Great Red Spot. It's unknown if the spot is that old, or if the facility creates it, or even if it's created on purpose or merely clouds clumping around the artificially suspended structure. Because of its influence and great, planet-sized moons tidally heated to habitable temperatures, various Earth gods have taken interest in Jupiter. A number of transplanted populations originating from [[Earth]] lives within the Jupiter system, with no contact with the current Earth society. Thirty years ago, an event known as the [[Jovian Convergence]] happened. The alignment of Jupiter's moons caused an unusual synchronization of the moons' respective magical flows, opening a number of portals between them. The inhabitants usually saw the other moons as simply divine domains in the sky, but the Convergence opened their minds, allowing passage between the worlds. This event shook up the system but the true long-term implications are yet to emerge. == Moons == Jupiter has no stable geography as it lacks a solid surface like most gas giants, but it has four large, planet-sized, inhabited moons. === [[Io]] === One of the few worlds of [[demon world|demon]] type with little influence from actual demons, Io is a highly volcanically active world, heated to the point of melting rock by Jupiter's massive tides. Because of the temperature and poisonous atmosphere, most [[humanoid]]s cannot survive on its surface, but scattered, nomadic populations of alien pyrophiles managed to make their way there. Io's constantly shifting surface frequently brings up buried minerals and other goods, which these populations eagerly harvest and sell to other worlds in Jupiter's system. :: ''More in the [[Io]] article.'' === [[Europa]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Europa |image=Europa.jpg |type=Ice/Ocean |population=3 million |day length=3,5 Earth days (85 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -5° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Merfolk]], [[Locathah]], [[Telchin]], [[Cetalia]], [[Lektin]] |affiliation=Divided }} Europa is a frozen oceanic world, whose surface is permanently covered in ice, with few cracks and surface posts linking the enormous, subsurface ocean to the surface. Seemingly devoid of life when viewed from the outside, Europa is nevertheless blooming with various aquatic life forms beneath the cover of ice. Most of the inhabitants of Europa seem to be transplanted from Earth or other worlds in the Sol System, including [[merfolk]] from Earth and [[cetalia]] from [[Luna]]. A few races seem unique to Europa, including a local variant of [[locathah]]s and a race called [[lektin]]s which seems alien to Europa but has never been seen on other worlds. ==== History ==== Charting a detailed history of Europa is hard. Most of the native races and civilizations don't keep long, detailed histories, being more concerned with the present. Nevertheless, a few mythic accounts of the moon's history survive, albeit as it is usual with myths, their historicity can be dubious. The [[ichthys]] of Europa are the best source on this, being undoubtedly the oldest and possibly the only native race to the moon. They believe Europa is subject to cosmic cycles which always bring new people to their world. They speak of an ancient era when all that was in the world was sea and the inhospitable darkness beyond it. That is when "father" (as they refer to Jupiter) covered Europa with ice to protect it and only then life could develop under the ice and ichthys appeared after the sea spat them out. However, they were not alone - [[lektin]] lived on the ice above (the myth does not specify how they were created) and one day, the cycle ran its course and lektin descended under the ice and took over Europa. Some claim this myth proves alien origin of the lektin. Lektin, however, were wasteful and they did not take the gifts of the sea graciously. The sea grew angry and powerful storms smashed their cities as ice rained from above. The cycle ended again and a new arrival came in "great, gleaming ships" - the [[cetalia]] from Earth's moon. Modern Moon's cetalia are not known to be technological, but [[silver elves]] may not have developed their rudimentary aether-sailing technology, leading to speculation cetalia were once technologically advanced and briefly colonized other worlds in the [[Sol System]]. Cetalia abandoned their cities one day and took to wandering across the oceans, the myth continues to say. The cycle ended again and new arrival came, this time [[merfolk]] of Earth, escaping "menacing ice dwellers". As ichthys did not have a word for land for the longest time, it's speculated these merfolk were escaping [[Atlantis|Atlantean]] oppression. They built the greatest cities that still stand to this day and now unite their own kind with ichthys and lektin. Ichthys believe the cycle will soon end again with the coming of "dry creatures" that will finish the cycle and take ichthys out into the 'darkness beyond', leaving Europa a dead ball of ice - the prophecy sometimes speculated to refer to humans or another space invader that will not assimilate into Europa's culture. ==== Convergence ==== Some ichthys believe the Convergence to be the fulfillment of the "end of the cycle" prophecy. When the event began, numerous portals opened and pumped out an impressive amount of water. Various mages managed to isolate these portal regions to small air chambers for off-world visitors, but the shock of this event caused many locals, especially the superstitious ichthys to fear the other worlds and people coming from them. Surprisingly, the Sparts of Ganymede have proven resistant to Europa's cold, watery climate. Small groups of renegade Sparts took to constructing simple submarines, carrying isolated human crew inside, to explore and exploit the unsuspecting world. Rare dark elves, in personal magical bubbles, took to exploring merfolk realms and tying new bonds between elvenkind. Otherwise, visitors from the other moons rarely go deep into the cold, murky waters of Europa. === [[Ganymede]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Ganymede |image=Ganymede.jpg |type=Snow |population=7 million |day length=7,155 Earth days (172 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= 8° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Human]], [[Spart]], [[Myrmidon]] |affiliation=Divided }} The most Earth-like of Jupiter's moons, Ganymede was a wild world of snow-capped mountains and chilly seas until [[Zeus]], Jupiter's namesake, took interest in it and transplanted a number of descendants of his and his lover's Ganymede's. These Ganymedeans now rule most of the world from castles located in high peaks overlooking valleys filled with special, magical farms which remain warm and fertile despite the cold of Jupiter's system. Ganymedeans were also given a set of dragon's teeth which were sown and grown into local [[Spart]]s. They have since became independent and engaged in a never-ending conflict with another transplanted Earth race, [[Myrmidon]]s, ant people once created by Zeus to replace a dead island's population. ==== History ==== When [[Zeus]] first took interest in the Jupiter system over 3000 years ago, the only semi-sentient inhabitants of Ganymede was a race of talking, non-technological corvids. It was mostly a chilly world covered in snow most of its long year. When Zeus abducted Ganymede from Earth, he allegedly impregnated the boy through divine magic and left him in a golden castle in one of numerous valleys of the moon. Zeus then terraformed the moon in a single night, making it slightly warmer and spreading flowers and cereal plants across the surface. To make sure there was someone to till the land, he would turn the local ants into a [[Myrmidon|race of ant-people]] and to protect and serve Ganymede and his descendants, he would give the boy a set of dragon teeth that once sown would sprout into [[Spart]]s. The Ganymedean chronicles say that for seven generations, descendants of Ganymede lived in peace and expanded through the moon's surface, founding many of the castles and cities of modern Ganymede. However, then Ganymede died after a magically prolonged life and his descendants, without any line of succession or other guidance, began fighting each other for supremacy. After Sparts burned the fields one too many times, Myrmidons rebelled and founded their own kingdoms, led only by their corpulent queens. Eventually, many of Ganymede's descendants would find themselves poor enough to have to till the land themselves, replacing the rebellious Myrmidons. After centuries, the resulting kingdoms would evolve into separate nations that now dominate Ganymede. Scholars doubt the accuracy of this mythical story, citing that the moon's population could not reach millions in the given time, starting from one man, no matter how many children he birthed from this thigh. They theorize many more people were brought to Ganymede from Earth, either with Ganymede himself or at a later date. One later migration happened a thousand years ago, when a small group of Welshmen from Britain on Earth arrived through a malfunctioning ancient elven portal. Bringing with them insular Christianity, these Welshmen would blend with the hero cult of Ganymede and create a syncretic religion. Descendants of these people now call themselves Gimmerans and maintain a separate culture, one more concerned with tradition and far less permissive than other Ganymedeans. ==== Convergence ==== The recent clash between misogynistic, boy-loving Ganymedeans and Amazons, who were the first visitors from the new portals, only flared up the darkest parts of both cultures. Although Ganymedeans have women, like Ancient Greeks they consider them lustful and almost wild creatures. Human Ganymedeans refuse to trade or talk with Amazons as "women who dare take man's place in society", and the Amazons respond in kind, by raiding and mercilessly pillaging their cities and forts. Sparts are obedient soldiers who have little quarrel with the Amazons but fight them on human orders - and because of that, learned to begrudgingly respect them. Myrmidons, on the other hand, began to admire the parthenogenetic, female-only Amazons and fruitful relationships began. The rare lektin and merfolk traders from Europa are the most friendly visitors from other moons. Few and far between, they are usually exotic merchants in the capitals near the new swamps caused by the oceans leaking out of Europa. Similarly, the fiery inhabitants of Io come to trade, but are far less accepted due to their tempers and destructive capabilities. === [[Callisto]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Callisto |image=Callisto.jpg |type=Snow |population=4 million |day length=16,6 Earth days (400,5 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -4° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide |species=[[Human]], [[Elf]], [[Sphinx]] |capital=? |government=? |rulers=? |settlements=? |languages=? |religions=? |affiliation=? }} Unlike most worlds in Jupiter's system, Callisto was once home to a [[Titan]] facility, speculated to a repository of knowledge for their research on Jupiter. A population of [[anthrosphinx]]es was left behind after the facility became defunct and evolved into Callisto's sole sentient race before the arrival of [[Amazon]]s. Presumably attracted to another matriarchal race, Earth goddess [[Artemis]] transplanted a population of descendants of hers and her lover's (and moon's namesake) Callisto. Despite being otherwise human, these Amazons are apparently capable of parthogenesis - there are no men among them, yet they easily reproduce on their own from families of two females. Since the Amazons' arrival, a race of naturalized lampades turned into a native race of [[dark elf|dark elves]]. ==== History ==== The anthrosphinxes of Callisto claim to maintain written history of the moon since the Titans' departure. Their written records contain an impressive list of matriarch, whose existence is proven only by said list. Nevertheless, it maintains a list of names slowly evolving towards present day Callistoan sphinx language, suggesting a grain of truth. Besides their pedigree and mundane accomplishments, the list gives little evidence of large scale events on ancient Callisto, if any happened in that period. Eventually, [[Amazon]]s arrive on Callisto, exactly 3091 years ago according to sphinx chroniclers when the goddess [[Artemis]] of Earth followed her father's example and whisked away a number of her followers. Amazons begin immediately fighting the sphinxes over the few fertile lands on the cold, tundra-like moon. After three centuries of wars between splintering Amazon tribes and a sphinx matriarchy unprepared for war, collapsing under its strain, the moon is thrown into a dark age of tribalism that even sphinxes find hard to keep track of. It is somewhere during the following thousand years that a race of [[dark elf|dark elves]] appears spontaneously in the record, without mention of their origin. It is speculated the appearance of Amazons awoken a number of fey spirits of Callisto slumbering in its cold climate, and made them evolve into dark elves. These elves establish their own powerful kingdom that uses iron and steel to conquer a number of Amazon tribes and sphinx principalities. Although their reach changes over time, they maintain this empire to this day, despite advancing technology and sudden appearance of firearms in Amazon hands in the last century. ==== Convergence ==== The first portals to open from other moons brought fire and poison from Io, choking the skies of Callisto for a full year. When dark elves got the handle over the portals, they began exploring the moons and bringing them into hopefully peaceful contact. Unfortunately, Amazons couldn't come to any undestanding with Ganymedeans, beginning decades of war and brutal raids. Sparts rarely manage to cross over and invade Callisto but when they do, they clash with the new Amazon musketeers and powerful elven sorcerers. From Io, a number of small communities of [[bronze dwarves]] appeared, peddling fire - a rare commodity in the coldest and least lush of Jupiter's moons. Both dark elves and sphinxes seek to establish good relations with Io to improve the lot of both worlds. Very few visitors from Europa show interest in Callisto, given its shallow and ice-covered seas, where most of Europa's life prefers far deeper climates. {{Stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Gas giants]] [[Category:Uninhabited worlds]] [[Category:Worlds with inhabited moons]] e8b66f632335127dc7c639985b61e3c5f921bd4d 267 266 2017-04-15T21:34:39Z Verroak 24955056 /* Io */ wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Jupiter |image=Jupiter.jpg |type=Gas Giant |day length=10 hours |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -108° C |gravity=Very High |atmosphere=Hydrogen, Helium |moons=67 ([[Io]], [[Europa]], [[Ganymede]], [[Callisto]]) }} '''Jupiter''' is a gas giant and the biggest planet in the [[Sol System]] in [[Unknown Regions]]. As a gas giant outside its star's usual habitable zone, Jupiter is inhabited only by scant, hydrogen-breathing floater fauna and flora with little room for development of advanced life forms or habitation for most known sentient life forms. Nevertheless, it's important for the Sol System because of its influence and its large, planet-sized moons. == History == Home to mostly primitive life forms floating in its hydrogen clouds, Jupiter itself was left alone until the [[Titan]]s arrived in [[the Galaxy]]. It's unknown how many facilities were placed within Jupiter's atmosphere, rings and moons but one energy signature remains intact, still emitting energy from the heart of a giant, planet-sized hurricane on the southern hemisphere of Jupiter, the famous Great Red Spot. It's unknown if the spot is that old, or if the facility creates it, or even if it's created on purpose or merely clouds clumping around the artificially suspended structure. Because of its influence and great, planet-sized moons tidally heated to habitable temperatures, various Earth gods have taken interest in Jupiter. A number of transplanted populations originating from [[Earth]] lives within the Jupiter system, with no contact with the current Earth society. Thirty years ago, an event known as the [[Jovian Convergence]] happened. The alignment of Jupiter's moons caused an unusual synchronization of the moons' respective magical flows, opening a number of portals between them. The inhabitants usually saw the other moons as simply divine domains in the sky, but the Convergence opened their minds, allowing passage between the worlds. This event shook up the system but the true long-term implications are yet to emerge. == Moons == Jupiter has no stable geography as it lacks a solid surface like most gas giants, but it has four large, planet-sized, inhabited moons. === [[Io]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Io |image=Io.jpg |type=Demon |population=100 000 |day length=42,5 hours |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= 147° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Sulfur Dioxide |species=[[Salamander]], [[Efreet]], [[Dwarf]] }} One of the few worlds of [[demon world|demon]] type with little influence from actual demons, Io is a highly volcanically active world, heated to the point of melting rock by Jupiter's massive tides. Because of the temperature and poisonous atmosphere, most [[humanoid]]s cannot survive on its surface, but scattered, nomadic populations of alien pyrophiles managed to make their way there. Io's constantly shifting surface frequently brings up buried minerals and other goods, which these populations eagerly harvest and sell to other worlds in Jupiter's system. ==== History ==== There is evidence of [[Titan]] presence on Io, although it has been mostly destroyed in the eternally shifting fiery landscape. As they doubtlessly encountered countless other tidally-heated moons before, they likely weren't researching much, but harnessing the moon's energy for other purposes. Sixteen thousand years ago, [[bronze dwarves]] from an unknown system arrived on Io. Their descendants have now forgotten their origin, but the outposts resistant to the toxic conditions still remain. It's speculated that other dominant creatures on Io, efreet and salamanders, have been also brought by these dwarves. The dwarven myths speak of a world with seas of flame, thus they likely came from a similar, volcanic world. The constant part of Io's ever shifting political landscape have been the city of Odzn, originally a dwarven outpost floating with the fire currents. Although it understandably changes its position on the moon's surface, Odzn has remained dominant thanks to its relative safety and economic influence. Odzn sends hundreds of miners across Io and harvests the minerals brought up and sells them to the less fortunate and more ephemeral settlements on Io, as well as other moons of [[Jupiter]]. ==== Convergence ==== The initial shock of the Convergence to Io was catastrophic. New lakes of cold water poured from spontaneous portals from Europa, cold air from Ganymede and Callisto brought plants and animals, creating brief, small enclaves of normal life - that soon perished in the fires and toxic air. The enterprising bronze dwarves saw this as an opportunity and began exploring other worlds and peddling their wares - usually precious minerals and coal. Visitors to Io from other moons are rare, for obvious reasons. A number of myrmidons attempted to find new colonies deep underground, but quickly found Io is not stable anywhere. A small number of dark elves and diplomats from other moons have managed to make themselves comfortable in small enclaves in Odzn and the original portal zones, but their cultural influence is minuscule. === [[Europa]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Europa |image=Europa.jpg |type=Ice/Ocean |population=3 million |day length=3,5 Earth days (85 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -5° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Merfolk]], [[Locathah]], [[Telchin]], [[Cetalia]], [[Lektin]] |affiliation=Divided }} Europa is a frozen oceanic world, whose surface is permanently covered in ice, with few cracks and surface posts linking the enormous, subsurface ocean to the surface. Seemingly devoid of life when viewed from the outside, Europa is nevertheless blooming with various aquatic life forms beneath the cover of ice. Most of the inhabitants of Europa seem to be transplanted from Earth or other worlds in the Sol System, including [[merfolk]] from Earth and [[cetalia]] from [[Luna]]. A few races seem unique to Europa, including a local variant of [[locathah]]s and a race called [[lektin]]s which seems alien to Europa but has never been seen on other worlds. ==== History ==== Charting a detailed history of Europa is hard. Most of the native races and civilizations don't keep long, detailed histories, being more concerned with the present. Nevertheless, a few mythic accounts of the moon's history survive, albeit as it is usual with myths, their historicity can be dubious. The [[ichthys]] of Europa are the best source on this, being undoubtedly the oldest and possibly the only native race to the moon. They believe Europa is subject to cosmic cycles which always bring new people to their world. They speak of an ancient era when all that was in the world was sea and the inhospitable darkness beyond it. That is when "father" (as they refer to Jupiter) covered Europa with ice to protect it and only then life could develop under the ice and ichthys appeared after the sea spat them out. However, they were not alone - [[lektin]] lived on the ice above (the myth does not specify how they were created) and one day, the cycle ran its course and lektin descended under the ice and took over Europa. Some claim this myth proves alien origin of the lektin. Lektin, however, were wasteful and they did not take the gifts of the sea graciously. The sea grew angry and powerful storms smashed their cities as ice rained from above. The cycle ended again and a new arrival came in "great, gleaming ships" - the [[cetalia]] from Earth's moon. Modern Moon's cetalia are not known to be technological, but [[silver elves]] may not have developed their rudimentary aether-sailing technology, leading to speculation cetalia were once technologically advanced and briefly colonized other worlds in the [[Sol System]]. Cetalia abandoned their cities one day and took to wandering across the oceans, the myth continues to say. The cycle ended again and new arrival came, this time [[merfolk]] of Earth, escaping "menacing ice dwellers". As ichthys did not have a word for land for the longest time, it's speculated these merfolk were escaping [[Atlantis|Atlantean]] oppression. They built the greatest cities that still stand to this day and now unite their own kind with ichthys and lektin. Ichthys believe the cycle will soon end again with the coming of "dry creatures" that will finish the cycle and take ichthys out into the 'darkness beyond', leaving Europa a dead ball of ice - the prophecy sometimes speculated to refer to humans or another space invader that will not assimilate into Europa's culture. ==== Convergence ==== Some ichthys believe the Convergence to be the fulfillment of the "end of the cycle" prophecy. When the event began, numerous portals opened and pumped out an impressive amount of water. Various mages managed to isolate these portal regions to small air chambers for off-world visitors, but the shock of this event caused many locals, especially the superstitious ichthys to fear the other worlds and people coming from them. Surprisingly, the Sparts of Ganymede have proven resistant to Europa's cold, watery climate. Small groups of renegade Sparts took to constructing simple submarines, carrying isolated human crew inside, to explore and exploit the unsuspecting world. Rare dark elves, in personal magical bubbles, took to exploring merfolk realms and tying new bonds between elvenkind. Otherwise, visitors from the other moons rarely go deep into the cold, murky waters of Europa. === [[Ganymede]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Ganymede |image=Ganymede.jpg |type=Snow |population=7 million |day length=7,155 Earth days (172 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= 8° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Human]], [[Spart]], [[Myrmidon]] |affiliation=Divided }} The most Earth-like of Jupiter's moons, Ganymede was a wild world of snow-capped mountains and chilly seas until [[Zeus]], Jupiter's namesake, took interest in it and transplanted a number of descendants of his and his lover's Ganymede's. These Ganymedeans now rule most of the world from castles located in high peaks overlooking valleys filled with special, magical farms which remain warm and fertile despite the cold of Jupiter's system. Ganymedeans were also given a set of dragon's teeth which were sown and grown into local [[Spart]]s. They have since became independent and engaged in a never-ending conflict with another transplanted Earth race, [[Myrmidon]]s, ant people once created by Zeus to replace a dead island's population. ==== History ==== When [[Zeus]] first took interest in the Jupiter system over 3000 years ago, the only semi-sentient inhabitants of Ganymede was a race of talking, non-technological corvids. It was mostly a chilly world covered in snow most of its long year. When Zeus abducted Ganymede from Earth, he allegedly impregnated the boy through divine magic and left him in a golden castle in one of numerous valleys of the moon. Zeus then terraformed the moon in a single night, making it slightly warmer and spreading flowers and cereal plants across the surface. To make sure there was someone to till the land, he would turn the local ants into a [[Myrmidon|race of ant-people]] and to protect and serve Ganymede and his descendants, he would give the boy a set of dragon teeth that once sown would sprout into [[Spart]]s. The Ganymedean chronicles say that for seven generations, descendants of Ganymede lived in peace and expanded through the moon's surface, founding many of the castles and cities of modern Ganymede. However, then Ganymede died after a magically prolonged life and his descendants, without any line of succession or other guidance, began fighting each other for supremacy. After Sparts burned the fields one too many times, Myrmidons rebelled and founded their own kingdoms, led only by their corpulent queens. Eventually, many of Ganymede's descendants would find themselves poor enough to have to till the land themselves, replacing the rebellious Myrmidons. After centuries, the resulting kingdoms would evolve into separate nations that now dominate Ganymede. Scholars doubt the accuracy of this mythical story, citing that the moon's population could not reach millions in the given time, starting from one man, no matter how many children he birthed from this thigh. They theorize many more people were brought to Ganymede from Earth, either with Ganymede himself or at a later date. One later migration happened a thousand years ago, when a small group of Welshmen from Britain on Earth arrived through a malfunctioning ancient elven portal. Bringing with them insular Christianity, these Welshmen would blend with the hero cult of Ganymede and create a syncretic religion. Descendants of these people now call themselves Gimmerans and maintain a separate culture, one more concerned with tradition and far less permissive than other Ganymedeans. ==== Convergence ==== The recent clash between misogynistic, boy-loving Ganymedeans and Amazons, who were the first visitors from the new portals, only flared up the darkest parts of both cultures. Although Ganymedeans have women, like Ancient Greeks they consider them lustful and almost wild creatures. Human Ganymedeans refuse to trade or talk with Amazons as "women who dare take man's place in society", and the Amazons respond in kind, by raiding and mercilessly pillaging their cities and forts. Sparts are obedient soldiers who have little quarrel with the Amazons but fight them on human orders - and because of that, learned to begrudgingly respect them. Myrmidons, on the other hand, began to admire the parthenogenetic, female-only Amazons and fruitful relationships began. The rare lektin and merfolk traders from Europa are the most friendly visitors from other moons. Few and far between, they are usually exotic merchants in the capitals near the new swamps caused by the oceans leaking out of Europa. Similarly, the fiery inhabitants of Io come to trade, but are far less accepted due to their tempers and destructive capabilities. === [[Callisto]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Callisto |image=Callisto.jpg |type=Snow |population=4 million |day length=16,6 Earth days (400,5 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -4° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide |species=[[Human]], [[Elf]], [[Sphinx]] |capital=? |government=? |rulers=? |settlements=? |languages=? |religions=? |affiliation=? }} Unlike most worlds in Jupiter's system, Callisto was once home to a [[Titan]] facility, speculated to a repository of knowledge for their research on Jupiter. A population of [[anthrosphinx]]es was left behind after the facility became defunct and evolved into Callisto's sole sentient race before the arrival of [[Amazon]]s. Presumably attracted to another matriarchal race, Earth goddess [[Artemis]] transplanted a population of descendants of hers and her lover's (and moon's namesake) Callisto. Despite being otherwise human, these Amazons are apparently capable of parthogenesis - there are no men among them, yet they easily reproduce on their own from families of two females. Since the Amazons' arrival, a race of naturalized lampades turned into a native race of [[dark elf|dark elves]]. ==== History ==== The anthrosphinxes of Callisto claim to maintain written history of the moon since the Titans' departure. Their written records contain an impressive list of matriarch, whose existence is proven only by said list. Nevertheless, it maintains a list of names slowly evolving towards present day Callistoan sphinx language, suggesting a grain of truth. Besides their pedigree and mundane accomplishments, the list gives little evidence of large scale events on ancient Callisto, if any happened in that period. Eventually, [[Amazon]]s arrive on Callisto, exactly 3091 years ago according to sphinx chroniclers when the goddess [[Artemis]] of Earth followed her father's example and whisked away a number of her followers. Amazons begin immediately fighting the sphinxes over the few fertile lands on the cold, tundra-like moon. After three centuries of wars between splintering Amazon tribes and a sphinx matriarchy unprepared for war, collapsing under its strain, the moon is thrown into a dark age of tribalism that even sphinxes find hard to keep track of. It is somewhere during the following thousand years that a race of [[dark elf|dark elves]] appears spontaneously in the record, without mention of their origin. It is speculated the appearance of Amazons awoken a number of fey spirits of Callisto slumbering in its cold climate, and made them evolve into dark elves. These elves establish their own powerful kingdom that uses iron and steel to conquer a number of Amazon tribes and sphinx principalities. Although their reach changes over time, they maintain this empire to this day, despite advancing technology and sudden appearance of firearms in Amazon hands in the last century. ==== Convergence ==== The first portals to open from other moons brought fire and poison from Io, choking the skies of Callisto for a full year. When dark elves got the handle over the portals, they began exploring the moons and bringing them into hopefully peaceful contact. Unfortunately, Amazons couldn't come to any undestanding with Ganymedeans, beginning decades of war and brutal raids. Sparts rarely manage to cross over and invade Callisto but when they do, they clash with the new Amazon musketeers and powerful elven sorcerers. From Io, a number of small communities of [[bronze dwarves]] appeared, peddling fire - a rare commodity in the coldest and least lush of Jupiter's moons. Both dark elves and sphinxes seek to establish good relations with Io to improve the lot of both worlds. Very few visitors from Europa show interest in Callisto, given its shallow and ice-covered seas, where most of Europa's life prefers far deeper climates. {{Stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Gas giants]] [[Category:Uninhabited worlds]] [[Category:Worlds with inhabited moons]] b3fc6d1468e3a6c672681c3c1aa4ec0151dcb741 269 267 2017-04-21T23:40:22Z Verroak 24955056 /* Ganymede */ wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Jupiter |image=Jupiter.jpg |type=Gas Giant |day length=10 hours |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -108° C |gravity=Very High |atmosphere=Hydrogen, Helium |moons=67 ([[Io]], [[Europa]], [[Ganymede]], [[Callisto]]) }} '''Jupiter''' is a gas giant and the biggest planet in the [[Sol System]] in [[Unknown Regions]]. As a gas giant outside its star's usual habitable zone, Jupiter is inhabited only by scant, hydrogen-breathing floater fauna and flora with little room for development of advanced life forms or habitation for most known sentient life forms. Nevertheless, it's important for the Sol System because of its influence and its large, planet-sized moons. == History == Home to mostly primitive life forms floating in its hydrogen clouds, Jupiter itself was left alone until the [[Titan]]s arrived in [[the Galaxy]]. It's unknown how many facilities were placed within Jupiter's atmosphere, rings and moons but one energy signature remains intact, still emitting energy from the heart of a giant, planet-sized hurricane on the southern hemisphere of Jupiter, the famous Great Red Spot. It's unknown if the spot is that old, or if the facility creates it, or even if it's created on purpose or merely clouds clumping around the artificially suspended structure. Because of its influence and great, planet-sized moons tidally heated to habitable temperatures, various Earth gods have taken interest in Jupiter. A number of transplanted populations originating from [[Earth]] lives within the Jupiter system, with no contact with the current Earth society. Thirty years ago, an event known as the [[Jovian Convergence]] happened. The alignment of Jupiter's moons caused an unusual synchronization of the moons' respective magical flows, opening a number of portals between them. The inhabitants usually saw the other moons as simply divine domains in the sky, but the Convergence opened their minds, allowing passage between the worlds. This event shook up the system but the true long-term implications are yet to emerge. == Moons == Jupiter has no stable geography as it lacks a solid surface like most gas giants, but it has four large, planet-sized, inhabited moons. === [[Io]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Io |image=Io.jpg |type=Demon |population=100 000 |day length=42,5 hours |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= 147° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Sulfur Dioxide |species=[[Salamander]], [[Efreet]], [[Dwarf]] }} One of the few worlds of [[demon world|demon]] type with little influence from actual demons, Io is a highly volcanically active world, heated to the point of melting rock by Jupiter's massive tides. Because of the temperature and poisonous atmosphere, most [[humanoid]]s cannot survive on its surface, but scattered, nomadic populations of alien pyrophiles managed to make their way there. Io's constantly shifting surface frequently brings up buried minerals and other goods, which these populations eagerly harvest and sell to other worlds in Jupiter's system. ==== History ==== There is evidence of [[Titan]] presence on Io, although it has been mostly destroyed in the eternally shifting fiery landscape. As they doubtlessly encountered countless other tidally-heated moons before, they likely weren't researching much, but harnessing the moon's energy for other purposes. Sixteen thousand years ago, [[bronze dwarves]] from an unknown system arrived on Io. Their descendants have now forgotten their origin, but the outposts resistant to the toxic conditions still remain. It's speculated that other dominant creatures on Io, efreet and salamanders, have been also brought by these dwarves. The dwarven myths speak of a world with seas of flame, thus they likely came from a similar, volcanic world. The constant part of Io's ever shifting political landscape have been the city of Odzn, originally a dwarven outpost floating with the fire currents. Although it understandably changes its position on the moon's surface, Odzn has remained dominant thanks to its relative safety and economic influence. Odzn sends hundreds of miners across Io and harvests the minerals brought up and sells them to the less fortunate and more ephemeral settlements on Io, as well as other moons of [[Jupiter]]. ==== Convergence ==== The initial shock of the Convergence to Io was catastrophic. New lakes of cold water poured from spontaneous portals from Europa, cold air from Ganymede and Callisto brought plants and animals, creating brief, small enclaves of normal life - that soon perished in the fires and toxic air. The enterprising bronze dwarves saw this as an opportunity and began exploring other worlds and peddling their wares - usually precious minerals and coal. Visitors to Io from other moons are rare, for obvious reasons. A number of myrmidons attempted to find new colonies deep underground, but quickly found Io is not stable anywhere. A small number of dark elves and diplomats from other moons have managed to make themselves comfortable in small enclaves in Odzn and the original portal zones, but their cultural influence is minuscule. === [[Europa]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Europa |image=Europa.jpg |type=Ice/Ocean |population=3 million |day length=3,5 Earth days (85 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -5° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Merfolk]], [[Locathah]], [[Telchin]], [[Cetalia]], [[Lektin]] |affiliation=Divided }} Europa is a frozen oceanic world, whose surface is permanently covered in ice, with few cracks and surface posts linking the enormous, subsurface ocean to the surface. Seemingly devoid of life when viewed from the outside, Europa is nevertheless blooming with various aquatic life forms beneath the cover of ice. Most of the inhabitants of Europa seem to be transplanted from Earth or other worlds in the Sol System, including [[merfolk]] from Earth and [[cetalia]] from [[Luna]]. A few races seem unique to Europa, including a local variant of [[locathah]]s and a race called [[lektin]]s which seems alien to Europa but has never been seen on other worlds. ==== History ==== Charting a detailed history of Europa is hard. Most of the native races and civilizations don't keep long, detailed histories, being more concerned with the present. Nevertheless, a few mythic accounts of the moon's history survive, albeit as it is usual with myths, their historicity can be dubious. The [[ichthys]] of Europa are the best source on this, being undoubtedly the oldest and possibly the only native race to the moon. They believe Europa is subject to cosmic cycles which always bring new people to their world. They speak of an ancient era when all that was in the world was sea and the inhospitable darkness beyond it. That is when "father" (as they refer to Jupiter) covered Europa with ice to protect it and only then life could develop under the ice and ichthys appeared after the sea spat them out. However, they were not alone - [[lektin]] lived on the ice above (the myth does not specify how they were created) and one day, the cycle ran its course and lektin descended under the ice and took over Europa. Some claim this myth proves alien origin of the lektin. Lektin, however, were wasteful and they did not take the gifts of the sea graciously. The sea grew angry and powerful storms smashed their cities as ice rained from above. The cycle ended again and a new arrival came in "great, gleaming ships" - the [[cetalia]] from Earth's moon. Modern Moon's cetalia are not known to be technological, but [[silver elves]] may not have developed their rudimentary aether-sailing technology, leading to speculation cetalia were once technologically advanced and briefly colonized other worlds in the [[Sol System]]. Cetalia abandoned their cities one day and took to wandering across the oceans, the myth continues to say. The cycle ended again and new arrival came, this time [[merfolk]] of Earth, escaping "menacing ice dwellers". As ichthys did not have a word for land for the longest time, it's speculated these merfolk were escaping [[Atlantis|Atlantean]] oppression. They built the greatest cities that still stand to this day and now unite their own kind with ichthys and lektin. Ichthys believe the cycle will soon end again with the coming of "dry creatures" that will finish the cycle and take ichthys out into the 'darkness beyond', leaving Europa a dead ball of ice - the prophecy sometimes speculated to refer to humans or another space invader that will not assimilate into Europa's culture. ==== Convergence ==== Some ichthys believe the Convergence to be the fulfillment of the "end of the cycle" prophecy. When the event began, numerous portals opened and pumped out an impressive amount of water. Various mages managed to isolate these portal regions to small air chambers for off-world visitors, but the shock of this event caused many locals, especially the superstitious ichthys to fear the other worlds and people coming from them. Surprisingly, the Sparts of Ganymede have proven resistant to Europa's cold, watery climate. Small groups of renegade Sparts took to constructing simple submarines, carrying isolated human crew inside, to explore and exploit the unsuspecting world. Rare dark elves, in personal magical bubbles, took to exploring merfolk realms and tying new bonds between elvenkind. Otherwise, visitors from the other moons rarely go deep into the cold, murky waters of Europa. === [[Ganymede]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Ganymede |image=Ganymede.jpg |type=Snow |population=7 million |day length=7,155 Earth days (172 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= 8° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen |species=[[Human]], [[Spart]], [[Myrmidon]] |affiliation=Divided }} The most Earth-like of Jupiter's moons, Ganymede was a wild world of snow-capped mountains and chilly seas until [[Zeus]], Jupiter's namesake, took interest in it and transplanted a number of descendants of his and his lover's Ganymede's. These Ganymedeans now rule most of the world from castles located in high peaks overlooking valleys filled with special, magical farms which remain warm and fertile despite the cold of Jupiter's system. Ganymedeans were also given a set of dragon's teeth which were sown and grown into local [[Spart]]s. They have since became independent and engaged in a never-ending conflict with another transplanted Earth race, [[Myrmidon]]s, ant people once created by Zeus to replace a dead island's population. ==== History ==== When [[Zeus]] first took interest in the Jupiter system over 3000 years ago, the only semi-sentient inhabitants of Ganymede was a race of talking, non-technological corvids called [[ereleshku]]. It was mostly a chilly world covered in snow most of its long year. When Zeus abducted Ganymede from Earth, he allegedly impregnated the boy through divine magic and left him in a golden castle in one of numerous valleys of the moon. Zeus then terraformed the moon in a single night, making it slightly warmer and spreading flowers and cereal plants across the surface. To make sure there was someone to till the land, he would turn the local ants into a [[Myrmidon|race of ant-people]] and to protect and serve Ganymede and his descendants, he would give the boy a set of dragon teeth that once sown would sprout into [[Spart]]s. The Ganymedean chronicles say that for seven generations, descendants of Ganymede lived in peace and expanded through the moon's surface, founding many of the castles and cities of modern Ganymede. However, then Ganymede died after a magically prolonged life and his descendants, without any line of succession or other guidance, began fighting each other for supremacy. After Sparts burned the fields one too many times, Myrmidons rebelled and founded their own kingdoms, led only by their corpulent queens. Eventually, many of Ganymede's descendants would find themselves poor enough to have to till the land themselves, replacing the rebellious Myrmidons. After centuries, the resulting kingdoms would evolve into separate nations that now dominate Ganymede. Scholars doubt the accuracy of this mythical story, citing that the moon's population could not reach millions in the given time, starting from one man, no matter how many children he birthed from this thigh. They theorize many more people were brought to Ganymede from Earth, either with Ganymede himself or at a later date. One later migration happened a thousand years ago, when a small group of Welshmen from Britain on Earth arrived through a malfunctioning ancient elven portal. Bringing with them insular Christianity, these Welshmen would blend with the hero cult of Ganymede and create a syncretic religion. Descendants of these people now call themselves Gimmerans and maintain a separate culture, one more concerned with tradition and far less permissive than other Ganymedeans. ==== Convergence ==== The recent clash between misogynistic, boy-loving Ganymedeans and Amazons, who were the first visitors from the new portals, only flared up the darkest parts of both cultures. Although Ganymedeans have women, like Ancient Greeks they consider them lustful and almost wild creatures. Human Ganymedeans refuse to trade or talk with Amazons as "women who dare take man's place in society", and the Amazons respond in kind, by raiding and mercilessly pillaging their cities and forts. Sparts are obedient soldiers who have little quarrel with the Amazons but fight them on human orders - and because of that, learned to begrudgingly respect them. Myrmidons, on the other hand, began to admire the parthenogenetic, female-only Amazons and fruitful relationships began. The rare lektin and merfolk traders from Europa are the most friendly visitors from other moons. Few and far between, they are usually exotic merchants in the capitals near the new swamps caused by the oceans leaking out of Europa. Similarly, the fiery inhabitants of Io come to trade, but are far less accepted due to their tempers and destructive capabilities. === [[Callisto]] === {{Infobox InhabitedWorld |name=Callisto |image=Callisto.jpg |type=Snow |population=4 million |day length=16,6 Earth days (400,5 hours) |year length=4332 Earth days |surface temp= -4° C |gravity=Low |atmosphere=Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide |species=[[Human]], [[Elf]], [[Sphinx]] |capital=? |government=? |rulers=? |settlements=? |languages=? |religions=? |affiliation=? }} Unlike most worlds in Jupiter's system, Callisto was once home to a [[Titan]] facility, speculated to a repository of knowledge for their research on Jupiter. A population of [[anthrosphinx]]es was left behind after the facility became defunct and evolved into Callisto's sole sentient race before the arrival of [[Amazon]]s. Presumably attracted to another matriarchal race, Earth goddess [[Artemis]] transplanted a population of descendants of hers and her lover's (and moon's namesake) Callisto. Despite being otherwise human, these Amazons are apparently capable of parthogenesis - there are no men among them, yet they easily reproduce on their own from families of two females. Since the Amazons' arrival, a race of naturalized lampades turned into a native race of [[dark elf|dark elves]]. ==== History ==== The anthrosphinxes of Callisto claim to maintain written history of the moon since the Titans' departure. Their written records contain an impressive list of matriarch, whose existence is proven only by said list. Nevertheless, it maintains a list of names slowly evolving towards present day Callistoan sphinx language, suggesting a grain of truth. Besides their pedigree and mundane accomplishments, the list gives little evidence of large scale events on ancient Callisto, if any happened in that period. Eventually, [[Amazon]]s arrive on Callisto, exactly 3091 years ago according to sphinx chroniclers when the goddess [[Artemis]] of Earth followed her father's example and whisked away a number of her followers. Amazons begin immediately fighting the sphinxes over the few fertile lands on the cold, tundra-like moon. After three centuries of wars between splintering Amazon tribes and a sphinx matriarchy unprepared for war, collapsing under its strain, the moon is thrown into a dark age of tribalism that even sphinxes find hard to keep track of. It is somewhere during the following thousand years that a race of [[dark elf|dark elves]] appears spontaneously in the record, without mention of their origin. It is speculated the appearance of Amazons awoken a number of fey spirits of Callisto slumbering in its cold climate, and made them evolve into dark elves. These elves establish their own powerful kingdom that uses iron and steel to conquer a number of Amazon tribes and sphinx principalities. Although their reach changes over time, they maintain this empire to this day, despite advancing technology and sudden appearance of firearms in Amazon hands in the last century. ==== Convergence ==== The first portals to open from other moons brought fire and poison from Io, choking the skies of Callisto for a full year. When dark elves got the handle over the portals, they began exploring the moons and bringing them into hopefully peaceful contact. Unfortunately, Amazons couldn't come to any undestanding with Ganymedeans, beginning decades of war and brutal raids. Sparts rarely manage to cross over and invade Callisto but when they do, they clash with the new Amazon musketeers and powerful elven sorcerers. From Io, a number of small communities of [[bronze dwarves]] appeared, peddling fire - a rare commodity in the coldest and least lush of Jupiter's moons. Both dark elves and sphinxes seek to establish good relations with Io to improve the lot of both worlds. Very few visitors from Europa show interest in Callisto, given its shallow and ice-covered seas, where most of Europa's life prefers far deeper climates. {{Stub}} {{Sol System}} [[Category:Worlds]] [[Category:Gas giants]] [[Category:Uninhabited worlds]] [[Category:Worlds with inhabited moons]] 9927456b93baabd85e1de0f84a47794ac5063391 0 41 268 88 2017-04-21T23:37:57Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki '''Gnadra Confederacy''' is a major galactic civilization with a federal government whose official seat lies on the world of [[Gnadra]]. Although most member worlds are dominated by [[gnomes]], leading to the faction being often called a gnomish one, many worlds have large [[human]], [[halfling]] and [[dwarf]] populations. The Confederacy is one of the most technologically and socially advanced civilizations, due to majority of its legislature being occupied by [[tinker gnomes]], though its racial tolerance opens seats not only to [[forest gnomes|forest]] or [[deep gnomes]], but halflings and dwarves as well. Gnadra Confederacy is the largest civilization in the [[Accords Sector]], with 108 official inhabited member worlds, as well as the original proponent and senior partner of the [[Gnadra Accords]]. == Culture == Although the Confederacy contains many cultures, its core Gnadra culture is an extremely liberal society with few taboos. Due to easily accessible and popular magical contraception, the Gnadra practice a "free love" culture which extends even beyond some liberal Terran wishes. Long-term relationships are rare and casual sex and one parent households are common. Sexual initiation usually begins very early, shortly after hitting puberty. An old (though going out of fashion) practice that is considered abhorrent by many Accords member worlds is "sexual tutelage" where older individuals "tutor" the pubescent boys and girls in intercourse. Thanks to virtually non-existent risk of inbred offspring, incest (usually between cousins) is a common practice. Technology has a very important part in Gnadra culture, due to its [[tinker gnome]] origins. Virtually every citizen is carrying with him an [[aetherbox]], a special tool used for near-instant interstellar communication through a layer of [[the Aether]] converted into a network called [[Aethervox]]. Originally used for voice transmission only, Aethervox expanded to transfer images and other data, becoming a galaxy-wide network of communication with no need for network towers or satellites. Aethervox became a staple of Gnadra culture where it's hard to find someone who doesn't use it and many basic services cannot be completed without it. == History == Some core words of the Confederacy, including [[Gnadra (world)|Gnadra]], [[Ruelgorm]] and [[Kind]] were conquered over a thousand years ago by a despotic human empire called [[Vodoni Empire]]. These three worlds took part in a rebellion against the Vodoni, which resulted in overthrowing their rule and the subsequent magical cataclysm killing the Vodoni sun. The survivors, including the nearby Vodonica, founded a new, democratic state called [[New Vodoni Republic]] which became one of the first members of the Confederacy. {{Stub}} [[Category:Factions]] [[Category:Major civilizations]] [[Category:Gnadra Confederacy]] [[Category:Accords Sector]] b28375cafd23b9eeaf91166146605ef146cea12a 0 91 270 2017-04-22T20:57:49Z Verroak 24955056 Created page with "{{Infobox Race |name=Ereleshku |image=Ereleshku.jpg |type=[[Beast]] |origin=Natural |size=Small |height=60-80cm |lifespan=40 years |climate=Any terrestrial |abilities=TBD |wor..." wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox Race |name=Ereleshku |image=Ereleshku.jpg |type=[[Beast]] |origin=Natural |size=Small |height=60-80cm |lifespan=40 years |climate=Any terrestrial |abilities=TBD |worlds=[[Ganymede]] }} '''Ereleshku''' are a race of sentient, talking corvids from [[Ganymede]] known for their colorful plumage and covetous natures. Possessing little in terms of civilization, they can make simple tools and steal the more advanced ones from the other inhabitants of Ganymede. == Biology === Ereleshku resemble an ordinary crow from [[Earth]], but are much bigger (up to 80 cm in height) and possess brilliant plumage, unusual for Earthly corvids, typically possessing dreary, black feathers. Despite their intelligence, they are otherwise a perfectly average example of an Earthly avian. == Culture == Ereleshku do not possess advanced civilizations or much in terms of organized culture. While crows of Earth are just below the sentience threshold, ereleshku have made the small jump above it. Capable of speech, planning and tool usage, they are nevertheless paleolithic at best. They make complicated nests on trees or in caves and make simple spears and hammers at the height of their own capacity. What they cannot make on their own, they steal from other races of Ganymede, especially the human Ganymedeans. They cherish their collections of items they took from others, which they frequently never use for their intended purpose. Despite this kleptomania and nomadism, they frequently become companions to human heroes and Spart generals. Known for their unusual wisdom, they perch on the shoulders of important figures and advise them from a truly impartial point of view. For this, they gained a revered cultural status on Ganymede which affords them certain tolerance for their covetous habits. == History == Ereleshku cannot write and do not keep much in terms of oral history. Their ancestors are rarely remembered beyond the third generation back, which in their case is barely more than a century. One story most of them keep telling is their mythic origin of life. Ereleshku once believed [[Jupiter]] to be the center of the universe around which everything else revolved. They tell the story about a race of "stone monkey gods" (presumably the [[Titans]]) emerging from the Eye of Jupiter (the Gread Red Spot) and spitting out life on Ganymede, including the ereleshku. This story suggests life did not sprout normally on Ganymede, but needed transplantation from Earth. Ereleshku have always been simple, nomadic creatures but the arrival of humans, Sparts and [[Myrmidons]] changed them. It exposed them to a different lifestyle and new goods they never experienced before, starting their kleptomaniac habits and the outlandish stories they tell each other about what [[humanoid]] lives are like in their "stone nests". [[Category:Non-humanoid races]] [[Category:Sentient beasts]] [[Category:Natural races]] [[Category:Avian races]] [[Category:Ganymede]] [[Category:Jupiter]] e854496a4950d3ad95955090a358e67ee6644559 271 270 2017-04-22T20:58:09Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox Race |name=Ereleshku |image=Ereleshku.jpg |type=[[Beast]] |origin=Natural |size=Small |height=60-80cm |lifespan=40 years |climate=Any terrestrial |abilities=TBD |worlds=[[Ganymede]] }} '''Ereleshku''' are a race of sentient, talking corvids from [[Ganymede]] known for their colorful plumage and covetous natures. Possessing little in terms of civilization, they can make simple tools and steal the more advanced ones from the other inhabitants of Ganymede. == Biology == Ereleshku resemble an ordinary crow from [[Earth]], but are much bigger (up to 80 cm in height) and possess brilliant plumage, unusual for Earthly corvids, typically possessing dreary, black feathers. Despite their intelligence, they are otherwise a perfectly average example of an Earthly avian. == Culture == Ereleshku do not possess advanced civilizations or much in terms of organized culture. While crows of Earth are just below the sentience threshold, ereleshku have made the small jump above it. Capable of speech, planning and tool usage, they are nevertheless paleolithic at best. They make complicated nests on trees or in caves and make simple spears and hammers at the height of their own capacity. What they cannot make on their own, they steal from other races of Ganymede, especially the human Ganymedeans. They cherish their collections of items they took from others, which they frequently never use for their intended purpose. Despite this kleptomania and nomadism, they frequently become companions to human heroes and Spart generals. Known for their unusual wisdom, they perch on the shoulders of important figures and advise them from a truly impartial point of view. For this, they gained a revered cultural status on Ganymede which affords them certain tolerance for their covetous habits. == History == Ereleshku cannot write and do not keep much in terms of oral history. Their ancestors are rarely remembered beyond the third generation back, which in their case is barely more than a century. One story most of them keep telling is their mythic origin of life. Ereleshku once believed [[Jupiter]] to be the center of the universe around which everything else revolved. They tell the story about a race of "stone monkey gods" (presumably the [[Titans]]) emerging from the Eye of Jupiter (the Gread Red Spot) and spitting out life on Ganymede, including the ereleshku. This story suggests life did not sprout normally on Ganymede, but needed transplantation from Earth. Ereleshku have always been simple, nomadic creatures but the arrival of humans, Sparts and [[Myrmidons]] changed them. It exposed them to a different lifestyle and new goods they never experienced before, starting their kleptomaniac habits and the outlandish stories they tell each other about what [[humanoid]] lives are like in their "stone nests". [[Category:Non-humanoid races]] [[Category:Sentient beasts]] [[Category:Natural races]] [[Category:Avian races]] [[Category:Ganymede]] [[Category:Jupiter]] aea93716fc5e7839c056d4d45a1e7923365cee32 272 271 2017-04-22T20:58:32Z Verroak 24955056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox Race |name=Ereleshku |image=Ereleshku.jpg |type=[[Beast]] |origin=Natural |size=Small |height=60-80cm |lifespan=40 years |climate=Any terrestrial |abilities=TBD |worlds=[[Ganymede]] }} '''Ereleshku''' are a race of sentient, talking corvids from [[Ganymede]] known for their colorful plumage and covetous natures. Possessing little in terms of civilization, they can make simple tools and steal the more advanced ones from the other inhabitants of Ganymede. == Biology == Ereleshku resemble an ordinary crow from [[Earth]], but are much bigger (up to 80 cm in height) and possess brilliant plumage, unusual for Earthly corvids, typically possessing dreary, black feathers. Despite their intelligence, they are otherwise a perfectly average example of an Earthly avian. == Culture == Ereleshku do not possess advanced civilizations or much in terms of organized culture. While crows of Earth are just below the sentience threshold, ereleshku have made the small jump above it. Capable of speech, planning and tool usage, they are nevertheless paleolithic at best. They make complicated nests on trees or in caves and make simple spears and hammers at the height of their own capacity. What they cannot make on their own, they steal from other races of Ganymede, especially the human Ganymedeans. They cherish their collections of items they took from others, which they frequently never use for their intended purpose. Despite this kleptomania and nomadism, they frequently become companions to human heroes and Spart generals. Known for their unusual wisdom, they perch on the shoulders of important figures and advise them from a truly impartial point of view. For this, they gained a revered cultural status on Ganymede which affords them certain tolerance for their covetous habits. == History == Ereleshku cannot write and do not keep much in terms of oral history. Their ancestors are rarely remembered beyond the third generation back, which in their case is barely more than a century. One story most of them keep telling is their mythic origin of life. Ereleshku once believed [[Jupiter]] to be the center of the universe around which everything else revolved. They tell the story about a race of "stone monkey gods" (presumably the [[Titans]]) emerging from the Eye of Jupiter (the Gread Red Spot) and spitting out life on Ganymede, including the ereleshku. This story suggests life did not sprout normally on Ganymede, but needed transplantation from Earth. Ereleshku have always been simple, nomadic creatures but the arrival of humans, Sparts and [[Myrmidons]] changed them. It exposed them to a different lifestyle and new goods they never experienced before, starting their kleptomaniac habits and the outlandish stories they tell each other about what [[humanoid]] lives are like in their "stone nests". 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